A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 337
is securedagainst the end of the bed-plate, as was first done by Cor-liss. The crank-pin is set in a counterbalanced disk. Thevalve-gear is simple, and the governor effective, and pro-vided with a safety-device to prevent injury by the break-ing of the governor-belt. An engine of this kind of… … a I s STATIONARY ENGINES. 313 225 to 250 horge-power. In this example, all parts are madeto exact size by gauges standardized to Whitworths sizes. In American engines (as is seen in fig. 96), usually, twosupports are placed—the one under the latter bearing, and
Steam-engines
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