Cyclopedia of locomotive engineering, with examination questions and answers; a practical manual on the construction care and management of modern locomotives (1916)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co., pub. for Sears, Roebuck & co. · leaf 125
which is meant that the exhaust would occur at oneend of the cylinder at practically the same momentthat admission occurred at the other end. This wouldhave a tendency to retard the motion of the piston.The term clearance, as applied to a locomotive, I a. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING mean- all of the… … Figure 59 The object of giving a valve lead is that the steamport may be opened slightly for the admission of livesteam just before the piston reaches the end of itsstroke, in order that there may be a cushion of steamto receive the piston and reverse its motion at the end
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