Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 165
re the end of the stroke, and the receiving line ug is inclined. With a slide-valvethe point of release k will also be farther away from end of stroke, showing an early exhaust. In loco-motives and rapidly-moving engines early steam and exhaust lead is de.-irable, to cushion the recipro-cating… … 2303.
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