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 320
rses the direction of valve motion * This is fully described and illustrated under the head of ValveSetting. ECCENTRIC MOTIONS. 313 with relation to the driving axle, the eccentric should be set,where there is no lap, just 900 back of the crank pin, countedfrom the direction in which %it is to run… … Fig. 196. One Eccentric, Lap-less Valve, with rocker.
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