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Fia. 1. Saverys engine, ..... 2. Newcomen sengine, 3. Newcomen sengine with injection in the cylinder, 4. Hornblower scompound Cornish engine, 5. Hornblower sand Trcvithick scompound Cornish engine, 6. Sim scompound Cornish engine, 7. Diagram of steam engine losses, 8. Section of steam cylinder with Corliss valves in covers for reducing clearance spaces, .... 9. Condensing engines :E fficiency curve, 10. Non-condensing engines ;E fficiency curve, 11. Diagrams illustrating distribution of steam in various types of pumpingengines, ..... 12. Distribution of steam, Whitaore Pumping Station, 13. ,, Aston ,, 14. Arrangement of Cornish engine and feed-water heater, Aston Pumping Station, ..... 15. Indicator diagram, Boulton and Watt engine, 16. Feed-water heaters applied to Cornish cycle engine, 17. ,, applied to aC ornish cycle steam pump, 18. Bucket pump, ..... 19. ,, (double acting), 20. Plunger pump, .... 21. Bucket and plunger pump, 22. ,, ,, worked from beam engine, 23. Piston and plunger pump, 24. Double acting piston pump, 25. 26. ,, plunger pump, 27. Three-throw plunger pump, 28. ,, bucket piunp, 29. ,,, without foot valves, 30. Butterfly valves, .. 31. Double-acting bucket pumps without foot valves, 32. Deep well pump without foot valves, 33. Shallow ,, ,, ,, 34. Well pump (A shley s), 35. Double-acting well pump (K estler s), .36. Eeidler spiston and plunger pump with mechanically controlled valves.
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