A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 338
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 … the other under the cylinder—^to take the weight of the en-gine ; and through them it is secured to the foundation.As in the vertical engine akeady described, a valve issometimes used, consisting of two pistons connected by a14 314 THE STEAM-ENGINE OF TO-DAY. rod, and worked by an ordinary…
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