Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist" (1908)
Porter, Charles T. (Charles Talbot), 1826-1910 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 78
ements, andobserved that it would enable a variable cut-off engine to be runas fast as a locomotive. Somewhat to my surprise, he replied thathe wanted his cut-off compared with the liberating cut-off turn 48 ENGINEERING REMINISCENCES ■z. > ui L. \ ° \- I 3 * °\ z> \ ^l » \ oleel - \ °\ Ol t\… … John F. Allen ANALYSIS OF THE ALLEN LINK 49 for turn; that it had an advantage which he thought would causeit to be generally preferred at the same speed. I was then ignorant of his state of mind on that subject, or ofwhat had produced it. I learned these afterwards, and will statethem here. In one…
