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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 66

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make it very troublesome to make the stuffing-box tightenough to prevent leakage of water. THE MECHANISM OF ENGINES. 33 i8. Inverted Vertical Engines.—The cylinder of a verti-cal engine can be arranged to have the cylinder supported uponsuitable frames above the crank and shaft, or the cylinder… … Bradley ^ Poatea, Engre, jV. F. Fig. i6. is known as the inverted vertical type. The general advan-tage of this arrangement is that the moving reciprocatingparts, which are those whose inertia or living force must betaken up by solid connection and for which the crank-pin mustprovide, are held to…

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