Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853- [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 174
SIMPLE AND COMPOUND ENGINES. 137 duced by the larger diameter of the cyhnder when exhaust-ing. A back pressure of the given intensity acting upon thelarger area causes a negative work upon the expelling strokegreater than when the exhaust is from the smaller cylinder.Compounding above the… … Fig. 109. the steam must follow without reduction of pressure through-out the entire stroke of the piston. The desired reduction interminal pressure is secured without causing too great varia-tion in the driving effort of the steam. 69. Compound Locomotives.—The arrangement of cylin-ders in the…
Mechanical engineering · Steam power plants
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