Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist" (1908)
Porter, Charles T. (Charles Talbot), 1826-1910 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 66
ameso extensive, was first made. On the New York I made my first and only observation ■ on the subject of electrolysis. I was required to put in a special valve to be operated by the governor. I put in a throttle valve of steam metal in a cast-iron chamber. The spindle was of steel, 2 inches… … The Porter Marine Governor. ship I took this valve chamber out of the pipe, and found somethingI was not looking for. The projecting ends of these pins, fully h 38 ENGINEERING REMINISCENCES inch long, had been completely eaten away in one round trip. Ihad to replace them with composition pins,…
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