Kirkman, Marshall M. (Marshall Monroe), 1842-1921 · New York and Chicago, The World railway publishing company · leaf 414
senta-tion of the pressure in the cylinder, and only one sideof the cylinder, still by a knowledge of the variousoperations of the locomotive slide valve much valuableinformation is gained. In the diagram, Fig. 1, the line D D is the atmos-pheric line, and is made by setting the indicator drumin… … or below atmospheric pressure. The line V V is thezero line fourteen and seven-tenths pounds below lineD D, and drawn by hand after the card is taken. A Cis the admission line. Steam is first admitted to thecylinder at C, hence that is called the point of admis-sion. A B is the steam line. B is the…
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