Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 464
446 On Heat. [467- beam. In this way a slow and quiet upward motion can be given to thewater, no matter how quickly the steam may move the piston. 468. Ordinary horizontal engine.-—The engines now most largelyused in factories for driving machinery differ altogether in their action fromthe Cornish… … Fig. 4 cylinder, B the valve chest, or chamber in which works the valve whose modeof action is described in the next article. D is the main shaft, on the innerend of which is the crank driven by the connecting rod E. C is an eccetitric(fig. 414), which works the valve by the rod N. F is ?i governor…
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