Stationary steam engines, simple and compound; especially as adapted to electric lighting purposes (1890)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 60
t its constructors have depended, apparently, upon theperformance of the engine itself for advertisement—a con-servative system of doing business which few manufacturersadopt, at present. All three of the great inventors and introducers of themodern American type of steam engine—Sickles, whobrought… … ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. 51 There are other engines belonging to the class hereconsidered—the engines having a detachable cut-off valveclosed independently of the motion of the valve-gear,—ofwhich the space proposed for these articles will not permitdescripton. Among these are the Wright engine,…
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