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  • In addition, various books were taken, such as Mohn's "Meteorology," the Meteorological Institute's "Guide," psychrometric tables, Wiebe's steam-pressure tables for hypsometer observations, etc.

    The South Pole~ Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim 2009

  • At 6: 39 that January evening, one of the plant operators at Skikda noticed that the steam-pressure indicator in Train 40, an array of compressors and separators, was rising fast.

    THE NEXT NEW OIL IS A GAS 2008

  • At 6: 39 that January evening, one of the plant operators at Skikda noticed that the steam-pressure indicator in "Train 40," an array of compressors and separators, was rising fast.

    Fuel's Future 2007

  • The Moka Brew, by Krups, uses a low-grade, steam-pressure process Germans took to in the '60s.

    Gadgets: A Cuppa Joe Like The Pros 2007

  • After the difficulty of drawing the water had been surmounted, this engine worked well, and threw an admirable jet, losing 15 lbs. steam-pressure during the first trial.

    Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction James Braidwood

  • Messrs. Shand and Mason's large engine was 18 minutes 30 seconds getting up steam to 100 lbs., and when started drew water instantly, losing during the first trial 5 lbs. of steam-pressure.

    Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction James Braidwood

  • At present, in our men-of-war, the boilers are proportioned for natural draft, burning about twelve pounds of coal per square foot of grate per hour, and for a steam-pressure of fifteen pounds per square inch.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various

  • After the engine got to work the steam-pressure was well sustained, and the engine continued working the entire day without accident, concluding in the evening by throwing a good vertical jet.

    Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction James Braidwood

  • From the time of Hero until the seventeenth century there is no record of any attempt being made to utilize steam-pressure for a practical purpose.

    Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele

  • The far end of the walking-beam was even counter-weighted to help the steam-pressure.

    Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele

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