Locomotive operation; a technical and practical analysis (1904)
Henderson, G. R. (George R.), b. 1861 · Chicago, Railway Age · leaf 138
mationof a diagram that actually shows the work going on in the cyl-inder. In order to demonstrate the effect of the pipe, he tooksimultaneous diagrams from the locomotive on the testing plantar Purdue University, with two indicators, one connected to thecylinder by a pipe y/2 feet long, and the… … Fig. 41. long indicator connection or pipe is to record the various eventslater than they actually take place in the cylinder, the transi-tions from one action to another are more gradual, and thearea of the card is greater than it should be. Thus from anumber of such tests he found the excess of…
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