A manual of the mechanics of engineering and of the construction of machines. Designed as a text-book for technical schools and colleges, and for the use of engineers, architects, etc. (1878)
Weisbach, Julius Ludwig, 1806-1871, Du Bois, A. Jay (Augustus Jay), 1849-1915, Buel, Richard H. (Richard Hooker), b. 1842 · New York. J. Wiley & Sons, 1878- · leaf 288
steam chest is widenedat the points MH and NF, where the steam passages open,there is no side pressure even when one of these passagesis shut off. § 448.—Valve Regulators.—Valve regulators are ap-plied to large engines, especially to those which are single-acting, since in such cases the slide… … § 445) or pipe valves. The latter differ from the first inhaving that part movable which in the conical valve isfixed, and that part slides which in the conical valve formsthe seat. Both kinds are either single or double, and thelatter are used especially in large machines, because theyare more…
Mechanics, Applied · Mechanical engineering
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