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 555
TIVE CATECHISM. main exhaust by a spring, aided by the receiver pressure in /.It may be opened by the engineman by admitting steam atfull boiler pressure through the three-way cock W, in the cab. Q, Where is the receiver? A. In the smoke-box. Q. What is the action in starting automatically? A.… … Fig. 35°- Richmond (Mellin) Compound. Position inStarting Automatically. there is no pressure in the receiver R, and the pressure on theshoulder E of the reducing valve R V moves the reducingvalve, and with it the intercepting valve, to the right (asshown in Fig. 352), closing the receiver R, and…
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