Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist" (1908)
Porter, Charles T. (Charles Talbot), 1826-1910 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 90
took Mr. Richards drawing to the Novelty Iron Works andhad an indicator ready for use when the engine was completed.The engine was made by the firm of McLaren & Anderson, onHoratio Street, New York, for their own use. It was set up bythe side of their throttle-valve engine, and was substituted… … it to drive their machinery and that of a kindling-wood yardadjoining for which they furnished the power. It ran perfectlyfrom the start, and saved fully one half of the fuel. In throttle-valve engines in thosedays the ports and pipes were generally sosmall that only a part of the boiler pressure…
