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 80
advantages than the older forms of engines, because theyare especially designed for high speed. The objection to the high speed engine, is the increased risk of wear, andof accident due to their rapid motion, and especially therisk, that when accidents do occur, as they will now andthen in the best…
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