Locomotive engine running and management : a treatise on locomotive engines, showing their performance in running different kinds of trains with economy and dispatch; also directions regarding the care, management, and repairs of locomotives and all their connections (1888)
Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919 · New York : J. Wiley · leaf 241
rregular velocity. Fig. 9 shows therelative motion of the crank-pin and piston during ahalf revolution. The points in the path of the crank- 2l6 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE RUNNING. pin marked A, i, 2, B, 3, 4, 6^, are at equal distancesapart. The vertical lines run from them to the pointsa, b, c, d, e,… … travels a distance within the cylinder equal to the,straight line A C. The crank-pin travels at nearly uni-form speed during the whole of its revolution, but thepiston travels with an irregular motion. Thus, whilethe crank-pin travels from A to i, the piston travels adistance equal to the space…
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