Excerpt from Steam and the Marine Steam-Engine Condensing. - The steam, when its work is done, is allowed to escape from the cylinder, but not usually to the atmosphere; it passes generally to an exhausted condensing vessel, where it is immediately condensed to water, and the resistance the exhaust steam would otherwise offer to the piston's motion is thus largely removed. In certain cases, as in locomotive engines, the con denser is omitted for Special reasons. The great majority of stationary land engines, however, and all marine engines, are condensing engines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.