A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 347
ported by springs and adjustable in height bythe governor, G. These tappets engage the arms £ B, onthe ends of rock-shafts, E E, which move the steam-valvesand remain in contact with them a longer or shorter timeand holding the valve open during a greater or less part ofthe piston-stroke, as the… … FiG. 100.—The Greene Engine. trie set, as is usual with the Corliss and with other enginesgenerally, at right angles with the crank. This engine, inconsequence of the independence of the steam-eccentric,and of the contemporary movement of steam valve-motionand steam-piston, is capable of cutting…
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