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Loss of power in steam engines

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Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1878
Tongue: English
Weight: 57 KB
Volume: 105
Category: Article
ISSN: 0016-0032
DOI: 10.1016/0016-0032(78)90244-2

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✦ Synopsis

Stoecklin and Vetillart, in their works for enlarging the harbor of Calais, found great difficulty in sinking the piles and plankings through the fine, moist beach-sand. The use of water to facilitate the penetration of broken iron piles, suggested its use on the outside and in advance of the wooden logs that they were using. By the help of two hand-pumps

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