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 619
in number, they are quickly opened and closed, having but a small lift. Thereis no fly-wheel, and the valve-gear of each of these independent engines is controlled by the other insuch a manner that when one pair of pistons is at the end of the stroke the other pair is in motion.At the end of the… … PUMPING ENGINES. 591 3493
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