The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Steam

Engineering

An elastic vapor generated from boiling water.

Dry Steam is that which has no particles of water held in suspension.

Saturated Steam is that which has a temperature due only to its pressure.

Superheated Steam has received an additional amount of heat and its temperature is in excess of that due to its pressure.

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