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The mechanical engineering of power plants (1906)

Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 264

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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… … its water-wheel usually operates its valves by continuouslymoving cams on the water-wheel shaft, which bear againstthe surfaces in a frame to which the revolving rod is attached.The relatively slow motion gives rise to no difficulty with thistype of gear (Fig. 172). Cam motions can be made…

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