Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 263
es the interval for expansion at the end of eachstroke, while securing admission at the proper point. Theeccentric of the steam end of the rock-shaft is usually ofgreater throw than the exhaust side, so as to give greateramplitude to the motion of the cams, and the steam-cams aremade longer than… … Fig. 176. was first proposed by the Messrs. Stevens in 1848, and isusually known as the Stevens cut-off. The rocking cam also appears in Fig. 173, for actuating CAM AND RELEASE VALVE-GEAR. 209 the valves of inclined cylinders by bearing against the under side of a pivoted lever to which the…
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