. The Locomotive . The line CDE repre-sents the exhausting of the pound of steam to the condenser and itsreduction to one pound of water. Finally, the line EA representsthe inierease in pressure at practically constant volume, to whichthe pound of water is subjected in being forced back to the boiler. Since a steam engine indicator can be applied to a reciprocatingengine and can graphically record the changes taking place withinthe cylinder, it is not so difficult to see the relation between the actualpressure-volume changes in the cylinder and the action of a unitvolume of steam or water in p
. The Locomotive . The line CDE repre-sents the exhausting of the pound of steam to the condenser and itsreduction to one pound of water. Finally, the line EA representsthe inierease in pressure at practically constant volume, to whichthe pound of water is subjected in being forced back to the boiler. Since a steam engine indicator can be applied to a reciprocatingengine and can graphically record the changes taking place withinthe cylinder, it is not so difficult to see the relation between the actualpressure-volume changes in the cylinder and the action of a unitvolume of steam or water in passing out from and back to the is not possible, however, to take a similar chart from a steam I92I.] THE LOCOMOTIVE. 239 turbine, yet tlie vol-ume and pressurechanges which apound of water orsteam undergoes inthe turbine are ex-actly the same as inthe engine. This wewill attempt to ex-plain and in doing so,we will use an imag-i n a r y, arrangementsimilar to that of but adapted for asteam T6«rbine v»ne«l^^4*— Steam Pipe YZZZZZZ^ZZZZZZZ. I - nozzleZZZZZZ^ZZZZZZZ ^zzzzzzzzzzzzz^ Pamp
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