The practical application of the slide valve and link motion to stationary, portable, locomotive, and marine engines : with new and simple methods for proportioning the parts
An engineering handbook by William Stuart Auchincloss on slide valves and link motion, published by Van Nostrand in New York in 1897 for machinists, draughtsmen and engine designers proportioning valve gear. The plates are fine-line geometric diagrams — valve ellipses, crank circles, angular sectors and eccentric paths, annotated with degree marks and small italic labels like "Valve Stem" and "Zero" — usable as precise technical linework, radial constructions and diagram lettering on tinted stock.
