Locomotive engine running and management .. (1899)
Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 409
hericline. DE is the admission-line, D being the point 360 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE RUNNING. where the valve opens to admit steam. EF is thesteam-line, beginning at the point of change in direc-tion of the admission-line. The steam-line in thisdiagram drops down before tfce point of cut-off isreached,… … Fig. 45- of the stroke. HI is the line of counter-pressure, andis high or low according to the quantity of steam leftin the cylinder by the exhaust. The use of smallnozzles always causes a high counter-pressure line.The compression-line begins at /, the point where thevalve closes, and runs up to…
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