AT WORK ON THE TURBINE SHAFT The steam leaves the boilers with a pressure of 215 pounds to the square inch. After it has passed through the compound engines and has been used four time it has nine pounds pressure to the square inch. It is then turned over to the lowpressure turbine which uses it until there is but one pound pressure per square inch left.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 9, 30 August 1911, Page 34
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67AT WORK ON THE TURBINE SHAFT The steam leaves the boilers with a pressure of 215 pounds to the square inch. After it has passed through the compound engines and has been used four time it has nine pounds pressure to the square inch. It is then turned over to the lowpressure turbine which uses it until there is but one pound pressure per square inch left. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 9, 30 August 1911, Page 34
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