Locomotive catechism; an up-to-date, practical and complete work on the locomotive--treating on the design, construction, repair and running of all kinds of locomotives .. (1908)
Grimshaw, Robert, 1850- [from old catalog] · New York, The N. W. Henley publishing company · leaf 18
. Q. Are all locomotives of the link-motion type? A. Most of them; but there is a system in which the valveis moved by an attachment to levers receiving their motionfrom the cross-head, or from the connecting-rod between thecross-head and the crank-pin; the amount of motion thusgiven being variable… … iFig. 2. Rear View, and Part Section through Cab, PennsylvaniaR. R. Engine, Class O. 16 LOCOMOTIVE CATECHISM. Q. What name is generally applied to an engine in which areciprocating piston drives a crank-shaft or an axle? A. A rotatory or rotative engine, as distinguished from arotary engine, in…
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