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 313
valves have supplementary passages for steam andexhaust, being an improvement on the Allen valve.Valves without the supplementary exhaust-port havebeen designed by Mr. Stevens for his engines, and theyare shown in two positions in the supplementary figures2 and 3 [p. 28S]. These valves closely… … THE STEVENS VALVE-GEAR. 289 sion and double area for exhaust steam,—an importantconsideration, especially with high piston speed. VALVE MOVEINIENT The valves are actuated by two motions, — one takenfrom a single eccentric, the other derived from a con-nection with the cross-head. The single…
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