Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 253
ECONOMICAL LUBRICATION OF LARGE PLANTS. 213 ing under 90 lb. of steam. In operating these engines at regular periods there would be severe chattering on the valve seat, also in the steam cylinder, and we had valve stems twisted from this same cause. When the periods of chattering occurred the… … F/g.2 L Section £-J£ Upon examination we found that a large chamber was formed by the exterior walls of the cylinder and the walls of the steam chest, as shown in a, a, a in accompanying sketches, this water rising until it flowed over the valve seat, shown at e, Fig. 2. This water came from the…
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