A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 346
n the engine begins to run above the properspeed. When the catch is thrown out, the valve is closedby a weight or a strong spring. To prevent jar when themotion of the valve is checked, a dash-pot is used, in-vented originally by F. E. Sickels, This is a vessel havinga nicely-fitted piston, which… … Fio. 99.—GreeDe Engine. or piston descends upon a small body of water confined inthe base of the dash-pot, Corlisss air dash-pot is now oftenset horizontally. In the Greene steam-engine (Fig. 99), the valves are 323 THE STEAM-ENGINE OF TO-DAY. four in number, as in the Corliss. The cut-off gear…
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