A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 360
through the valves, Y V, andissues through the eduction-valves, T T, and goes on to the mains by the pipe, G, above which is seen an air-cham-ber, which assists to preserve a uniform pressure on thatside the pump. This engine works very smoothly andquietly, is cheap and durable, and has done… … Fia. 105.—Double-Cylinder Pumplng-Engine, 1878. A and B are the two steam-cylinders, connected bylinks and parallel motion, CD, to the great cast-iron beam,^M At the opposite end of the beam, the connecting- 336 THE STEAM-ENGINE OF TO-DAY. rod, G, turns a crank, JI, and fly-wheel, L M, which…
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