Quote#Wisdom
Admit a jet of cold water, which condenses the steam in the cylinder,…
Quote byThomas Tredgold · 1788–1829
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Steam Engine: Comprising an Account of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement, 1827.
English (original)
admit a jet of cold water, which condenses the steam in the cylinder, forming a partial vacuum, and the piston descends by the pressure of the atmosphere, raising water by the pump rod H from the mine
— Thomas Tredgold
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