Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Safety valve — A safety valve is a valve mechanism for the automatic release of a gas from a boiler, pressure vessel, or other system when the pressure or temperature exceeds preset limits. It is part of a bigger set named pressure safety valves (PSV) or… … Wikipedia
John Ramsbottom (engineer) — John Ramsbottom (11 September 1814 mdash; 20 May 1897) was an English mechanical engineer who created many inventions for railways, including the Ramsbottom safety valve, the displacement lubricator, and the water trough. Biography Born in… … Wikipedia
English inventions and discoveries — are objects, processes or techniques which owe their existence either partially or entirely to a person born in England; in some cases, their Englishness is determined by the fact that they were born in England, of non English people working in… … Wikipedia
Sicherheitsventile — (safety valves; soupapes de sûreté; valvole di sicurezza), Vorrichtungen an innerem Flüssigkeitsdruck ausgesetzten Gefäßen (Kessel, Dampfzylinder, Reservoire, Rohrleitungen) zur selbsttätigen Herstellung eines teilweisen Ausströmens der… … Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens
Steam locomotive — A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a road locomotive such as a traction engine or steamroller.Steam locomotives dominated rail traction from the mid 19th… … Wikipedia
LNWR 2-2-2 3020 Cornwall — NOTOC NOEDITSECTION Infobox Locomotive powertype=Steam name = Cornwall caption = as rebuilt in 1858 designer = Francis Trevithick (son of Richard Trevithick), rebuilt by Ramsbottom builder = LNWR Crewe builddate = 1847, rebuilt in 1858… … Wikipedia
Boiler explosion — Boiler explosions are catastrophic failures of boilers. As seen today, boiler explosions are of two kinds. One kind is over pressure in the pressure parts of the steam and water sides. The second kind is explosion in the furnace. Boiler… … Wikipedia
Crewe Works — Rebuilt Royal Scot Class 46123 Royal Irish Fusilers receiving attention at Crewe Works with other locomotives Crewe railway works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. It is located in the town of… … Wikipedia
Timeline of steam power — See Steam engine, Steam power during the Industrial Revolution. Steam power developed slowly over a period of several hundred years, progressing through expensive and fairly limited devices in the early 1600s, to useful pumps for mining in 1700,… … Wikipedia
