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 290
minished. Fig.706 shows a conical valve with counter pis-ton. V is the valve, K the counter piston,and C E 7\. pipe, which unites the pipe Ocommunicating with the cylinder with thespace below the counter piston. The steampresses the valve down and the piston upwith about the same force, and hence… … 2/8 HEAT, STEAM, AND STEAM ENGINES. [§449- The purpose is more effectually accomplished by the double or lantern valve shownin Fig. 707. Here A A is oneand B B the other valve plate;vS C the stem, by means ofwhich the valve is raised. Thesteam entering at Z> surroundsboth valves and their seats…
Mechanics, Applied · Mechanical engineering
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