ABSTRACT
Steam engines are constructed in a great variety of forms, adapted to the purposes for which they are intended. Many improvements in the details and fittings of almost every part of the steam engine have been effected since Watt’s time. Besides the steam engines already described or alluded to, there are many interesting forms of the direct application of steam power. The cut at the end of this chapter represents a very efficient engine of this kind, which will throw a jet 200 feet high, delivering 1,100 gallons of water per minute. Probably one of the most powerful steam hammers ever constructed is that recently erected at the Royal Gun Factory at Woolwich, for the purpose of forging great guns for the British Navy. The massive framework which supports the moving parts of Condie’s hammer has its supports placed very far apart, so as to leave ample space for the handling of large forgings.
