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The mechanical engineering of power plants (1897)

Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853- [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 211

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rresponding to the same angular positionof the valve-crank as is given for the piston of the engine bythe horizontal lines. Such a motion-curve gives the points 174 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF POWER PLANTS. of cut-ofT, exhaust-closure, release, and admission for easy-study. By varying the amount of… … the effect of increasing the throw of the valve, which is thechange introduced in Fig. 136; its conditions are otherwise asin Fig. 135. The effect is to make the cut-off later when thethrow is increased. These motion-curves can be experimen-tally drawn by the engine itself. If a board carrying…

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