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 351
geous? A. To a certain extent, because the compressed steam actsas an elastic cushion to absorb the shock of the reversal ofmotion of the reciprocating parts. It also does away with part 344 LOCOMOTIVE CATECHISM. or all of the loss which would otherwise occur by reason of thewaste clearance space… … Fig. 234. Theoretical Indicator Diagram. original course and striking the cylinder head; also to affordspace for water which might get into the cylinder, and which—not being compressible as steam is—might knock out a cylinderhead. Q. Can compression in the cylinders give a pressure higherthan that…
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