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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 73

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or four cylinders with the pumps below them onthe same rods, and yet the engine does not extend over sogreat an area of ground-plan. In the design exhibited inFig. 22 it will be observed that by the arrangement of the 40 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF POWER PLANTS. two cylinders the practical result of… … not suffer as much from the disadvantages, neither does itbenefit as much from the advantages. The piston is apt towear the bore seriously from a tendency to dig into the metalat upper and lower corners. 21. Combined Horizontal and Vertical Engines. — Adesign of engine has been used for pumping or…

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