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 546
will of the engine-man. C lets reduced-pressure live steam into the L. P. cylinderwhen working non-compound, but closes automatically whenworking compound. It also equalizes the pressure on thetwo pistons. Both valves are spring-seated and opened bysteam pressure from pipes D, controlled from the… … To Cab Fig. 340. Intercepting Valve in Simple Position. automatically held closed. The reducing valve closes thesteam passage H between the H. P. live-steam passage andthe receiver, when there is too much pressure in the latter. Fig. 340 shows the positions of the two valves for non-com-pound, Fig.…
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