Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe), 1842-1921 · New York and Chicago, The World railway publishing company · leaf 190
es an even wear and long life,and the mode of passage of fluids insures a cleanvalve at all times. LOCOMOTIVE SLIDE VALVES. The valve is the device which admits steam to, andallows it to exhaust from the cylinder of every steamengine. The form of valve having a flat seat uponwhich it slides… … Fig. A. Graphic Definitions of Valve Dimensions.Plain Slide Valve. The plain slide valve was long the standardlocomotive practice, but in more recent years withincreased size of locomotives and their correspoingly larger ports, together with the advent of forthend-the *The Science of Railways…
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