Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 57
od, as inpumping, air-compressors and the like. It will appear hereafter that one of the functions of therotary fly-wheel is to carry the engine mechanism past thekinematic dead-centres and the dead-centres of the valve-motion. If there is no fly-wheel to compel this result it mustbe secured by… … Fig. 4 in the steam-engine compelled him to the device which will befound in the very early examples of English engines wherebyfor one double stroke of the piston the engine-shaft made twoor three revolutions. This result was obtained by attaching agear-wheel to the connecting-rod which engaged…
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