Excerpt from A Study in Heat Transmission: The Transmission of Heat to Water in Tubes as Affected by the Velocity of the WaterWhich was kept at a constant level, and then passed out the ex haust at D. The pressure of the steam in the jacket, and there fore the temperature, was maintained constant by placing a safety valve on the exhaust pipe, and allowing the steam to blow through this valve throughout the tests. The bubbling of the steam through the water prevented the possibility of superheat due to throttling at the valve 0.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.