Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 89
^tog uicmncN Fig 32. 48 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF POWER PLANTS, permits the straight descent of the plunger-rods, it can readilybe seen that a successful design could as easily have beenmade by having the cvlinders vertical and attached to a … longer beam, leaving space nearer the centre for the attach-ment of the plunger-rods, and one on each side could havebeen used. It is an advantage to give a long stroke to thesteam-cylinder to secure high piston-speed. THE MECHANISM OF ENGINES. 49 Fig. 33 shows a modern type of beam-engine in…
Mechanical engineering · Steam power plants
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