Recent content by dakosho

I'm interested in reading about tech history, especially about odd and obscure steam engines of XIX century. Sometimes I want to know why that particular idea did not work, but its math and physics seems to be far beyond my abilities...

Hi, everyone! I have a question: if we quickly fill a cylinder with steam from one end and with hot air from another end, both at atmospheric pressure and equal volume, with hot air 4 times hotter than steam, and then immediately seal that cylinder -- will pressure change as steam and hot air...