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 72
an increase of a very few rev-olutions on the speed of thepaddles will instantly movethe cylinder at nearly the samevelocity. Now, as the slight-est motion of the cylinder isimparted to the valve, and asabout two revolutions of theformer will entirely close thelatter, it is evident that…
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