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47 relations: Adiabatic process, Alexander Carnegie Kirk, Alfred de Glehn, Anatole Mallet, André Chapelon, Arthur Woolf, Beam engine, Buckley & Taylor, Caloric theory, Cambridge University Press, Coaling (ships), Compound turbine, Corliss steam engine, Curtiss OX-5, Cutoff (steam engine), Cylinder (engine), Daniel Adamson, Frederick Bramwell, HMS Dreadnought (1906), HMS Victoria (1887), Horsepower, Hydropower, James Samuel, James Watt, Jonathan Hornblower, List of mills in Tameside, Loading gauge, Mallet locomotive, Marine steam engine, Norfolk and Western Railway, Ocean liner, Olympic-class ocean liner, Oxford University Press, Piston, Seawater, SS Aberdeen (1881), Steam engine, Steam turbine, Superheater, Thermodynamics, Thomas Newcomen, Torque, Travel Air 2000, Vauclain compound, Willans engine, William McNaught (Glasgow), World War II.
Adiabatic process
In thermodynamics, an adiabatic process is one that occurs without transfer of heat or matter between a thermodynamic system and its surroundings.
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Alexander Carnegie Kirk
Alexander Carnegie Kirk (16 July 1830 – 5 October 1892) was a Scottish engineer responsible for several major innovations in the shipbuilding, refrigeration, and oil shale industries of the 19th century.
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Alfred de Glehn
Alfred George de Glehn (15 September 1848 – 8 June 1936) was a notable English-born French designer of steam locomotives and an engineer with the Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques (SACM).
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Anatole Mallet
Jules T. Anatole Mallet (23 May 1837 – 10 October 1919) was a Swiss mechanical engineer, who was the inventor of the first successful compound system for a railway steam locomotive, patented in 1874.
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André Chapelon
André Chapelon (26 October 1892 – 22 July 1978) was a noted French mechanical engineer and designer of advanced steam locomotives.
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Arthur Woolf
Arthur Woolf (1766, Camborne, Cornwall – 16 October 1837, Guernsey) was a Cornish engineer, most famous for inventing a high-pressure compound steam engine.
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Beam engine
A beam engine is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.
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Buckley & Taylor
Buckley & Taylor was a British engineering company that manufactured stationary steam engines.
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Caloric theory
The caloric theory is an obsolete scientific theory that heat consists of a self-repellent fluid called caloric that flows from hotter bodies to colder bodies.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.
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Coaling (ships)
The era of the steam warship powered exclusively by coal was relatively brief, lasting from 1871 until 1914.
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Compound turbine
A compound turbine is a steam turbine in which there are two casings, a high-pressure casing and a low-pressure casing, operating in concert to extract work from a single source of steam.
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Corliss steam engine
A Corliss steam engine (or Corliss engine) is a steam engine, fitted with rotary valves and with variable valve timing patented in 1849, invented by and named after the American engineer George Henry Corliss of Providence, Rhode Island.
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Curtiss OX-5
The Curtiss OX-5 was an early V-8 American liquid-cooled aircraft engine built by Curtiss.
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Cutoff (steam engine)
In a steam engine, cutoff is the point in the piston stroke at which the inlet valve is closed.
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Cylinder (engine)
A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine or pump, the space in which a piston travels.
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Daniel Adamson
Daniel Adamson (30 April 1820 – 13 January 1890) was an English engineer who became a successful manufacturer of boilers and was the driving force behind the inception of the Manchester Ship Canal project during the 1880s.
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Frederick Bramwell
Sir Frederick Joseph Bramwell, 1st Baronet FRS FRSA (17 March 1818 – 30 November 1903) was a British civil and mechanical engineer.
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HMS Dreadnought (1906)
HMS Dreadnought was a battleship built for the Royal Navy that revolutionised naval power.
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HMS Victoria (1887)
HMS Victoria was the lead ship in her class of two battleships of the Royal Navy.
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Horsepower
Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power (the rate at which work is done).
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Hydropower
Hydropower or water power (from ύδωρ, "water") is power derived from the energy of falling water or fast running water, which may be harnessed for useful purposes.
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James Samuel
James Samuel (21 March 1824 – 25 May 1874) was a railway engineer who was born in Glasgow on 21 March 1824.
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James Watt
James Watt (30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1781, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.
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Jonathan Hornblower
Jonathan Hornblower (Chacewater, 5 July 1753 – Penryn, 23 February 1815) was a British pioneer of steam power.
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List of mills in Tameside
This list of mills in Tameside, lists textile factories that have existed in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England.
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Loading gauge
A loading gauge defines the maximum height and width for railway vehicles and their loads to ensure safe passage through bridges, tunnels and other structures.
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Mallet locomotive
The Mallet locomotive is a type of articulated steam railway locomotive, invented by the Swiss engineer Anatole Mallet (1837–1919).
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Marine steam engine
A marine steam engine is a steam engine that is used to power a ship or boat.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
The Norfolk and Western Railway was a US class I railroad, formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982.
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Ocean liner
An ocean liner is a passenger ship primarily used as a form of transportation across seas or oceans.
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Olympic-class ocean liner
The Olympic-class ocean liners were a trio of British ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line during the early 20th century.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.
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Piston
A piston is a component of reciprocating engines, reciprocating pumps, gas compressors and pneumatic cylinders, among other similar mechanisms.
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Seawater
Seawater, or salt water, is water from a sea or ocean.
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SS Aberdeen (1881)
SS Aberdeen was a British cargo liner; the first ship to be successfully powered by a triple expansion steam engine.
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Steam engine
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.
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Steam turbine
A steam turbine is a device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft.
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Superheater
A superheater is a device used to convert saturated steam or wet steam into superheated steam or dry steam.
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Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics is the branch of physics concerned with heat and temperature and their relation to energy and work.
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Thomas Newcomen
Thomas Newcomen (February 1664 – 5 August 1729) was an English inventor who created the first practical steam engine in 1712, the Newcomen atmospheric engine.
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Torque
Torque, moment, or moment of force is rotational force.
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Travel Air 2000
The Travel Air 2000/3000/4000 (originally, the Model A, Model B and Model BH and later marketed as a Curtiss-Wright product under the names CW-14, Speedwing, Sportsman and Osprey), were open-cockpit biplane aircraft produced in the United States in the late 1920s by the Travel Air Manufacturing Company.
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Vauclain compound
The Vauclain compound was a type of compound steam locomotive that was briefly popular around 1900.
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Willans engine
The Willans engine or central valve engine was a high-speed stationary steam engine used for electricity generation around the start of the 20th century.
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William McNaught (Glasgow)
William McNaught (1813–1881) was a Scottish engineer, from Glasgow, who patented a compound steam engine in 1845.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_steam_engine
