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 305
s the opposite chamber of the steamcylinder. Fig. 728 shows one of the older contrivancesfor effecting this. Here, besides the lever E KB, ?l secondlever E^ K^ B^, movable about the axis K^, and connectedwith the first by the rod E^ L, is used. To reverse theengine, it is only necessary, at the… … fall into this slot. By this operation, the steam is ad-mitted to the opposite chamber of the steam cylinderand changes the stroke of both the steam piston andregulator. This reversion may be more simply accom-plished by the use of Stephensons link motion, thearrangement and working of which will…
Mechanics, Applied · Mechanical engineering
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