Specification of James Neville : obtaining motive power by various applications of steam.

  • Neville, J. (James)
Date:
1854
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Credit: Specification of James Neville : obtaining motive power by various applications of steam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Nevilles Improved Methods of Generating Power by Means of Steam, <§c. pipe II 2, H 2, H 2, H 2, in Figure 12, it passes into the tubes contained in cylinder A1, and from thence through the tubes severally marked c} in Figure 8, and the curved flanched pipes D, D, D, D, D, in Figures 8, 10, and 12, till it issues into and through the pipe 1,1, into a common condenser marked 33; to this condenser is attached the usual air pump C, both of which 5 are immersed in a cold water cistern 20, and which cistern is supplied with cold water by a pump ©, which condenser, air pump, cold water cistern, and cold water pump are formed in the usual manner, and worked from any convenient part of the machinery, as is now practised with other engines. The letters L 2, M 2, N 2, 0, 0, P 2, P 2, Q 2, R 2, and S 2, in Fig. 12, denote the 10 regulating cistern or vessel attached to the rarifier and expander K 2, K 2, and are fully described in Figures 10 and 11. The letter a in Figure 12 represents the safety valve shewn and described in Figures 10 and 11. I apply the second and third parts of my Invention, jointly or separately, in the form herein-before described, or in any other convenient form, to the steam 15 engines now in use, or to any other engine propelled by steam or elastic fluids; and I reserve to myself the sole right of such application. In order to prevent the dissipation and loss of heat from the system, I surround my boiler, gradual caloric abstractor, rarifier, and the engine with the connecting pipes, as far as I conveniently can without obstructing the operation of the machinery, with 20 any material which receives and transmits heat slowly. And I further declare that I vary the shape and situation of all these arrangements according to convenience and circumstances, and that I make my engines, gradual caloric abstractors, and rarifying apparatus, of any material, forms, and dimensions which may be best suited for the various objects and purposes to which the 25 Invention herein defined or described may be applicable; and I use the several parts of it either connected or separated, as circumstances may require. In witness whereof, I, the said James Neville, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixteen. 30 JAMES (l.s.) NEVILLE. Signed, sealed, and delivered (being first duly stamped) in the pre¬ sence of C. M. Hawke, 35 26, Princes St, Bank. Thos B. Eaton, same place.
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