10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE»
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1
The Shipbuilding Industry: A Guide to Historical Records
One answer to further economy was to step up from compound to triple
expansion of the power of steam in the cylinders. A C Kirk at John Elder & Co is
credited with designing the first successful triple expansion engine in 1874, in
response to ...
2
US Cruisers 1883-1904: The birth of the steel navy
Machinery Vertical inverted triple-expansion engine to twin screw Vertical triple
expansion engines to twin-screws Vertical triple- expansion engine to twin
screws with auxiliary schooner rig Vertical triple- expansion engine to twin
screws ...
3
Mechanical Engineering: A Century of Progress:
The Reynolds proposal called for a vertical, triple—expansion engine
guaranteeing a duty of 115 million footpounds of work per 100 pounds of
anthracite coal; this rating compared to a guarantee of 100 million foot—pounds
for a ...
Thomas H. Fehring, P.E.,
1980
Triple expansion engines are fitted, the low-pressure cylinders being divided into
two parts. The gain in economy effected by the triple expansion engine, worked
with steam of 130 lbs. to ISO lbs. pressure, over the ordinary compound engine ...
Richard Sennett, Henry Oram,
2010
5
Steam
Engine Research Resources
SHAW 1200hp vertical triple expansion engine by George Saxon of Manchester,
1905. 24”HP, 32”IP, 50”LP X 4ft stroke. 180psi, 75rpm. 22ft flywheel, ? ropes.
Corliss valves on all cylinders. Airpump driven from LP crosshead. LILY MILL.
6
Power from Steam: A History of the Stationary Steam
Engine
Adamson took out a patent in 1861 for 'multiple expansion engines' with three or
more cylinders connected to one beam or crankshaft and must have built a triple
expansion engine before 1867 for the Victoria Mills. Elder took out a patent in 1 ...
If a third cylinder be added, and the steam, originally at high pressure, passes
through two other cylinders at successively lower pressures, the type is known as
a triple-expansion engine. The cylinders of a compound engine may be placed in
...
8
The Steam
Engine, 4: A Treatise on Engines and Boilers
The total miles under steam were 3030 for the Claremont, 2596 for the Isle of
Arran; and the coals consumed were respectively 100 tons and 105 tons,
showing a saving of 20 per cent in favour of the triple-expansion engine of the
Claremont.
Daniel Kinnear Clark,
1824
9
Iron Ore Transport on the Great Lakes: The Development of a ...
Builders of the wooden steamer Roumania, launched at West Bay City, Michigan,
in 1887, took the idea further by incorporating a triple-expansion engine, which
reused the steam in a third cylinder, built by S. F. Hodge & Company of Detroit.
Triple-expansion Engine. (Analytical Make-d.)— From the table at the end of § 50
we see that the usual practice in designing triple-expansion engines is to
increase the cylinder ratios as the steam-pressure is increased. This is shown as
...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE»
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Vintage steam-powered pumping station is restored
A vintage 350 horse-power inverted triple expansion engine has been restored by the ... The engine will be powered-up for the first time in public on 9 April. «BBC News, Apr 11»