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Excerpt from The Steam Engine, Vol. 1: A Treatise on Steam Engines and Boilers; Comprising the Principles and Practice of the Combustion of Fuel, the Economical Generation of Steam, the Construction of Steam Boilers
Evaporative performance comprises both the elements, efficiency and rapidity; though it is also used to express simply the evaporative efficiency of the boiler, or of the fuel.
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