...soaked in linseed oil, and baked to dryness. Mr Watt made many experiments with this engine ; but he found that the wooden cylinder was not likely to prove...still exceeded the proportion of that required for larger engines. He now attempted to produce a more perfect vacuum by throwing in more injection water...

...Of these, wood seemed to be the most likely, provided it should prove sufficiently durable. A. mall engine was therefore constructed with a cylinder six...disproportionate waste of steam. On reflection, the cause of thii seemed to be the boiling of water in vacuo at low heats, a discovery lately made by Dr Cullen,...

...constructed with a cylinder six inches diameter, and twelve inches stroke, made of wood, soaked in linieed oil, and baked to dryness. With this engine many experiments...disproportionate waste of steam. On reflection, the cause of this teerntd to be the boiling of water in vacno at low heats, a discovery lately made by Dr Cullen, and...

...wood, soaked in linseed oil, and baked to dryness. With this engine many experiment* were made ; bat it was soon found that the wooden cylinder was not...cause of this seemed to be the boiling of water in vacno at low heats, a discovery lately made by Dr Cullen, and some other philosophers, (below 100°,...

...made many experiments ; but he soon found that the wooden cylinder would not prove durable enough, and that the steam condensed in filling it, still exceeded the proportion of that required for large cylinders, according to the statements concerning them, given by Dr. Desaguliers. He found, also, that...

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...likely, provided it should prove " sufficiently durable. A small engine was, therefore, con" structed, with a cylinder six inches diameter, and twelve "...was not likely to prove durable, and that the steam con" densed in filling it still exceeded the proportion of that " required for large engines, according...

...experimente ; but he soon found that the wooden cylinder would not prove durable enough, and that the eteam condensed In filling it still exceeded the proportion of that required for large r> limiers, according to the statement« concerning them, given by Dr. Deeaguliere. H found, aleo,...

...better than the cast-iron cylinders of larger engines (generally covered on the inside with as,ony crust), and that considerable advantage could be gained...required for large engines according to the statements of Dcsaguliers. It was also found, that all attempts to produco a better exhaustion by throwing in more...

...injection water, though it was very lightly loaded by the column of water in the pump. It soon occurred that this was caused by the little cylinder exposing...cause of this seemed to be the boiling of water in vacno at low heats, a discovery lately made by Dr Gullen, and some other philosophers (below 100°,...