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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 219

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on. But a variety of combinations is possible involving thethrow of the valve, the port-opening for a certain position ofthe crank, the release and the compression; and for these thestudent is referred to special treatises. For the immediate purpose in hand, however, the specialproblem will be… … Fig. 142. whole travel of the valve in a horizontal engine. Bisect theline at O and with OA as radius describe a circle on AB asdiameter. Draw the radius OC^ representing the angle fromB as dead-centre at which it is proposed to have the cut-offtake place. This is the point of closure of the valve;…

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