Abstract
The air-engine described in this paper consists of a pump by which air is compressed into a heated receiver; and a cylinder, through which the air passes again into the atmosphere. The difference between the work evolved by the cylinder and that absorbed by the pump, constitutes the work evolved by the engine on the whole. Two tables are given; the first of which contains the pressure, temperature and work absorbed, for various stages of the compression of a given volume of air. The second table gives the theoretical duty of the air-engine described, worked at various pressures and temperatures. The temperature recommended to be adopted in practice is as little below the red heat as possible, which would involve the consumption of only about one-third the amount of fuel consumed by the best steam-engines at present constructed.
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