Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist" (1908)
Porter, Charles T. (Charles Talbot), 1826-1910 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 229
drawings sent to me by you. The valve-gear differsonly in divorcing the exhaust valves from the steam valves byplacing them on the opposite side of the cylinder and driving themfrom a separate eccentric on that side, and not from the link. The framing for each engine of a pair is like a Porter bed… … Card from Allen Engine in Colts Armory. the framing of the building, and the whole framing of the enginesmakes an integral part of the building construction, being rigidlyconnected with the beams of the fireproof flooring of all threefloors. The building is four stories high. The engines were…
