Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist" (1908)
Porter, Charles T. (Charles Talbot), 1826-1910 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 324
ce neededfor the large one, and would cost less than ten per cent, of themoney. It would also have a more nearly uniform motion, theimpulses received by the crank being 300 per minute, againstonly 144 per minute received by both cranks of the large engine,besides which in the latter the full force… … 250 EXGIXEE1UXG REMIXIXCENCES parts, the forces exerted at the opposite ends of the stroke wouldbe practically equalized. The reader will doubtless inquire, as Mr.Green did why, with these enormous advantages, does not every-body use the high-speed engines and every builder make them?At this…
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