production of the successful to produce a successful rotary engine and the fact that secure these results the steam must be admitted the direct acting crank and rod reciprocating engine with a minimum amount of clearance between an remains in full possession of the field have led many tory form of… … of the piston space has “dead centers” of the re- been inconveniently en- ciprocating engine. The larged. In the present turning moment of any ease the dilemma has been given amount of pressure avoided by reducing the at the crank pin upon the abutment to support the reaction of the steam within…
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