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 569
in) Combined Starting-Valveand Cvlinder-Cock. to the L. P. cylinder; putting the H. P. piston.head very nearlyin equilibrium, but giving the L, P. cylinder nearly full boilerpressure. The valve has two taper plugs, one controlling theH. P. cylinder cock, the other the low; both being held inplace… … n3 & oP. a oO PQ CO E VAUCLAIN COMPOUND. 555 position all passages are closed; in a third, the only openingis to let live steam to the L. P. cylinder. Q. In this type how is the vacuum of the L. P. cylindersrelieved, when the engine is running with steam shut off?A. By air valves in the…
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