Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 by Various
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Part 1. Portable Apparatus. __________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Series of Trials. | I. |II. |III.| IV.| V. | VI. | VII.|VIII. ----------------------------------------+----+----+----+----+----+-----+-----+---- Contents of boiler, in gallons |3.85|4.18| - |4.18|4.18| 4.18| 5.7 |5.7 Water added during the process | - |1.54| - | - | - | - | 1.4 |0.6 Temperature of water degs. Fah. | - | - | - | 72 | 57 | 54 | 43 |132 Firing commenced with spirits of | | | | | | | | wine at hours min.| - |2.12|9.10|4.30| - |10.0 | - | - Firing commenced with gas at " |1.30| - | - | - |3.0 | - | - | - Firing commenced with coke at " | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |1.10 Firing commenced with charcoal at " | - | - | - | - | - | - |10.12| Steam generated at " | - |2.34|9.28|4.41|3.15|10.18|10.35|1.34 212 deg. in chamber registered by | | | | | | | | external thermometer at " |2.30|2.40|9.34| - | - | - |10.50|1.52 212 deg. in clothes registered by | | | | | | | | electrical thermometer at " | - | - | - |5.25|4.18|12.12| - | - 221 deg. in clothes registered by | | | | | | | | electrical thermometer at " | - | - | - | - | - | - |11.51|2.34 Highest temperature in chamber | | | | | | | | registered by external thermometer deg.| - |270 |250 | - |324 | 255 | 302 |275 Mean temperature in chamber | | | | | | | | registered by external thermometer " |241 |257 |239 |266 | - | 253 | 266 |266 Trial closed at hours, min. |4.45|4.10|11.4|5.45|4.30|12.30|11.51|2.35 Max. therm. registered in mattress deg.|262 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Max. therm. registered in overcoat "| - |239 | 226| - | - | - | 223 |223 Max. therm. registered in winter coat "| - | - | - |232 |223 | 214 | - | - Max. therm. regis'd in winter trousers "| - |243 | 239| - | - | - | - | - |
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