Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering . in front of the jets, in order to collect the eleo-Vol. H.—3 34 HYDRO-EXTRACTOR. tricity from the ejected vapor, and thus prevent its returning to restore the equilibrium of the boilerThe maximum pressure at the commencement of the experiments is 80 pounds, which gradually getsreduced to 40 pounds, or lower. The portion of the apparatus which is peculiarly connected with thegeneration of the electricity, is a series of bent tubes with their attached jets. Each jet consists of a brasssocket, containing a cylindrical pi
Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering . in front of the jets, in order to collect the eleo-Vol. H.—3 34 HYDRO-EXTRACTOR. tricity from the ejected vapor, and thus prevent its returning to restore the equilibrium of the boilerThe maximum pressure at the commencement of the experiments is 80 pounds, which gradually getsreduced to 40 pounds, or lower. The portion of the apparatus which is peculiarly connected with thegeneration of the electricity, is a series of bent tubes with their attached jets. Each jet consists of a brasssocket, containing a cylindrical piece of partridge-wood, with a circular hole or passage through it, § ofan inch in diameter, into which the steam is admitted through an aperture. The peculiar shape of thisaperture appears to derive its efficacy from the tendency it gives the steam to spread out in the formof a cup, on entering the wooden pipe, and by that means to bring it and the particles of water, ofwliich it is the carrier, into very forcible collision with the rubbing surface of the wood. £
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