Stationary steam engines, simple and compound; especially as adapted to light and power plants (1902)
Thurston, Robert H(enry), 1839-1903. (from old catalog) · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 135
d Corliss, and their successors, andwhich have been long standard, and which are admittedlysuperior in this respect. Whether the more costly, butmore efficient gear shall be used, is to be determined partlyby the cost of fuel, and must be settled by the judgment ofan experienced engineer in each… … ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. 113 particular engine is operated, this latter loss, and possibly,to a slight extent, the former, are somewhat reduced bysetting the valve without lead, or even with negative lead,/. e. so that the engine does not take steam until the crankhas just passed the center, and…
Steam-engines
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