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absolute Admiralty air-pump angle arrangement bending bending moment Board of Trade boiler pressure bolts bottom brass calculated cast iron cause cent centre coal combustion chamber condenser connecting-rod considerable crank crank-pin crank-shaft crosshead cut-off draught effective mean pressure efficiency equal evaporative exceed feet fitted flange foot valves friction fuel furnace gear H.P. cylinder high-pressure cylinder holes horizontal engines inches diameter increase initial pressure Kovno latter less loss low-pressure cylinder marine engine mean effective pressure metal number of revolutions obtained packing pipes piston piston-rod pitch ports pounds practice propeller pump rate of expansion ratio resistance revolutions per minute rings rivets rule screw engine shaft ship side space speed square foot square inch steam steamers steel strain stroke stuffing-box surface condenser temperature tensile strength thickness tons Triple Expansion engine twisting usually valve-box velocity vertical engines water-tube boiler weight wrought iron