Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853- [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 249
e exhaust-valves of the Greene engine are operatedindependently underneath the cylinder, one at each end. iio. Corliss Valve-gears.—The Corliss valve is shown inprinciple in Fig. i8i. The usual gear has four valves—two 212 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF POWER PLANTS. of them for steam above the axis of… … valve is that the spindle by which the valve is caused to rotateis not fastened to the valve, but is independent of it. Thistakes away the objection to the cylindrical cock-valve. Thevalve need not fit tight all about its casing, but must turnwhen its spindle is turned from without. On the type…
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