Selections from the Records of the Government in the Department: Public Works Department Series, Issue 29 |
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12 hours AIR VALVE Bengal-Nagpur Railway branch pipe Calcutta cast cast-iron Central Provinces check valve Chowkidars city main civil station compartment concrete connecting pipe consumption cubic feet delivered at Nagpur diameter ditto double acting drainage area draw EARTH PRESSURE engine-room Engineer feet per minute feet per second fittings flange floor level fusible plug gallons per minute gals Glenfield gneiss green sand High Level Extension inches iron joints low pressure low pressure area maximum daily requirements miles monsoon mortar NAGPUR WATER old weir outlet pipes Percentage impounded pipes laid plain spigot plunger pressure cylinder pressure gauge pumping reservoir pumps and boilers quantity reser rising main rivetted roof rubble masonry SERVICE RESERVOIR sluice valve smoke-box spigot and socket square inch Staff quarters steam pump suction pipe supply thickness tons Total weight tube voir Warora waste weir water level weight of pipes weir crest weir level Worthington
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Page 12 - One piston acts to give steam to the other, after which it finishes its own stroke and waits for its valve to be acted upon before it can renew its motion. This pause allows all the water valves to seat quietly, and removes everything like harshness of motion.
Page 20 - The Committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any tender.
Page 20 - All pipes and special castings in which any imperfections shall appear, or wherein any sand holes or air holes shall be found plugged up, or...
Page 12 - The plunger is located some inches above the suction valves, to form a subsiding chamber, into which any foreign substance may fall below the wearing surfaces.
Page 12 - To effect the valve motion two compound steam cylinders and two pumps are cast together to form one machine ; the right hand division moves the steam -valve of the left hand one and vice versa.