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 329
tor cylinder is a nicely fitting piston, whoseupward movement is resisted by a spring of knownstrength. The piston-rod passes up through the top ofthe indicator cylinder; and its extremity is connectedwith mechanism for operating a pencil, and marking on 304 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE RUNNING. a card a… … Fig. 30. speed engines, such as the locomotive. In Fig. 31 theindicator is shown in section. The construction of theinstrument can be well understood from a careful exam-ination of these figures. In the sectional figure, thepiston is seen with its rod encircled by the spring pass- THE STEAM EAG/AE…
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