The design, construction and test of a direct reading engine indicator (1917)
Tower, Alexander McJunkin, Siegmund, Humphreys Oliver · leaf 58
the simplicity of the card. With an engine 24 working normally a card similar to that shown in Figure 26 will beobtained from an indicator in the cylinder. The area of the figureis a measure of the work performed by the engine, and the averageheight of the line is the average pressure in the… … Fig. 26. Normal Steam Engine Card. reason common to steam engines, there was something occuring inthe cylinder to cause the card to take any one of the forms shownin Figure 27. In every case, the average height of the line is
Internal combustion engines · Theses
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