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A practical treatise on locomotive engines

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comte François Marie Guyonneau de Pambour

1840

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Table of Contents

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Contents

CHAPTER I	1

Of the principal dimensions of the Engines	33

CHAPTER II	41

Relation between the relative volumes	53

CHAPTER III	82

Of the instruments specially destined to measure	92

CHAPTER IV	114

Table of the resistance of the air against	131

Practical formula for calculating the effects	368

Experiments on the velocity and load of	382

CHAPTER XIII	395

Of the length of the stroke of the piston	402

Of the diameter of the cylinder or of	408

Of the special influence of each of	417

Of the comparative effects of locomotive	423

Practical formulæ to determine the pro	431

Of the friction of carriages determined	139

Experiments on the friction of waggons	153

Of the causes of variation in the friction	164

CHAPTER VII	174

CHAPTER VIII	200

Of the additional friction of loaded loco	223

CHAPTER IX	238

CHAPTER X	247

Of the influence of the pressure in	254

Of the influence of the orifice of the blast	263

CHAPTER XI	296

Of the consumption of fuel necessary	307

CHAPTER XII	315

Of the maximum useful effect of the engine	362

CHAPTER XV	439

Dimensions of the steampassages in some	445

Of the effects of the lead of the slide	455

Of the manner of regulating the lead	466

Of the velocity of locomotive engines	476

Of the duration of the trip and of	486

Of the quantity of work on a level which	495

Of the means of ascending inclined	510

CHAPTER XVIII	521

Of the superelevation of the outer rail	532

EXPENSES OF HAULAGE BY LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES	537

Expense of fuel	551

Total expense of haulage	559

Of the expense of horses employed	569

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Bibliographic information

Title	A practical treatise on locomotive engines
Author	comte François Marie Guyonneau de Pambour
Edition	2
Published	1840
Original from	Oxford University
Digitized	3 Oct 2006

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