The Technical World Magazine, Volume 14Technical World Company, 1910 |
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Page 22
... coal - fired power - house in all Europe , the power which lifted her plates in place was derived , not from that power - house , but from waste gas captured in coke ovens , sixty miles or more away . The ancient adage about carrying coals ...
... coal - fired power - house in all Europe , the power which lifted her plates in place was derived , not from that power - house , but from waste gas captured in coke ovens , sixty miles or more away . The ancient adage about carrying coals ...
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... coal go as far as it can . The aim is to get every ounce of energy out of every pound of coal . Electricity , as usual , is the agent used to accomplish this end , and one of the great power companies in northern England has gone so far ...
... coal go as far as it can . The aim is to get every ounce of energy out of every pound of coal . Electricity , as usual , is the agent used to accomplish this end , and one of the great power companies in northern England has gone so far ...
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... coal in propor- tion to the power produced than is used anywhere else in the world , ex- cept perhaps under some of the great water powers . Newcastle's indus- trial supremacy to- day is due to its utilization of waste . Millions of ...
... coal in propor- tion to the power produced than is used anywhere else in the world , ex- cept perhaps under some of the great water powers . Newcastle's indus- trial supremacy to- day is due to its utilization of waste . Millions of ...
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... coal con- sumption . It should be remembered that to add a knot to any speed above twenty - one knots is a difficult and costly thing to do , the coal consump- tion increasing very much faster than the speed . To add another knot at ...
... coal con- sumption . It should be remembered that to add a knot to any speed above twenty - one knots is a difficult and costly thing to do , the coal consump- tion increasing very much faster than the speed . To add another knot at ...
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... coal , it is claimed that the oil - fired vessel can be made from five to eight per cent . more efficient than the coal burner . The ease of operation would reduce the force required to feed the furnaces besides making it unneces- sary ...
... coal , it is claimed that the oil - fired vessel can be made from five to eight per cent . more efficient than the coal burner . The ease of operation would reduce the force required to feed the furnaces besides making it unneces- sary ...
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