Cooke, Josiah Parsons, 1827-1894 · Boston, Little, Brown and Company · leaf 648
sition of the valve is suddenly changed to thatrepresented in Fig. 442, and a connection is opened between theupper part of the cylinder and the eduction-pipe, while at thesame time the steam is admitted below the piston, whose motionis thus reversed. When the piston reaches the top of the cylin-… … rig. 442. through the packing-box d, on the head of the cylinder, to onearm of the large lever L, called the beam, and by the beam it isfurther transmitted through the connecting-rod I to the crank K,which turns the shaft of the engine, and gives motion to the ma-chinery connected with it. .…
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