Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist" (1908)
Porter, Charles T. (Charles Talbot), 1826-1910 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 140
he cylinder to hedispensed with. This left the cylinder free to expand by heat,and made it convenient to attach the steam or exhaust connec-tions or both underneath. This bed has remained without change,except in one important respect. I math1 the first cylinders witha bracket which was keyed up… … m Si Q « W 96 ENGINEERING REMINISCENCES Chester locomotive-builders, when he saw it, told me I did not needthat bracket. I then left it off, but found the cylinder to winka little on every stroke when the heavy piston was at the backend. To find the weak place, I tried the following experimenton an…
