| Year | 2016 |
| Date | 19-Feb |
| Volume | 216 |
| Issue | 4,528 |
| Page | 320 |
| Category | Steam |
| Part | |
| Title | Compression in Steam Engines - Good or bad? |
| Author | Inchanga |
| Notes | In this first instalment, looks at the mechanics of steam within a cylinder. Behaviour of steam, absolute and gauge pressure, piston thrust and swept volume, expanding steam and pressure drop, steam is not a true gas! Density versus pressure, application of a vacuum to a cylinder, Newcomen engine, gas flow, exhaust passageway restrictions |