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 522
sed fromthe receiver into the L. P. cylinder. From this on up to pointA at half stroke, where the H. P. piston makes a new stroke, * Not to be confused with Wolff compounds, which have receivers.-(Note two fs instead of two os.) •fThe number of H. P. or of L. P. cvlinders has here no significance.… … Drop Fig. 322. Theoretical Expansion Diagram. cylinder; hence from A to G, at stroke end, the pressure inthis cylinder drops regularly by expansion. Q. What is the effect of the engine being double-actinginstead of (as here shown) single-acting? 12547 L h—-—* B Chest Pressure //// / ^ ^y ^^y>y^…
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