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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 67

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ted 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 the ground through the crank-shaft di- 34 MECHANICAL… … The cylinder furthermore, is not a moving part. Fig. i6Illustrates a typical inverted vertical engine of this sort. For certain uses the inverted vertical arrangement is spe-cially adapted by reason of the location of the engine-shaftnear the base. It is this condition which has made this…

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