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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 98

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ing in radial slots. In this design we have three pistons carried upon three•arms of the spider which is secured to the revolving-shaft, andthe abutment-ring being out of centre with that shaft, permitsthe pistons to pass the separating portion A. As shown inthe cut, the controlling valve stands in… … Fig. 41. 58 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF POWER PLANTS. left-hand opening, producing- a rotation of the piston anti-clockwise, and the steam will escape into the exhaust-passagethrough the hollow in the valve from the right-hand port.This arrangement can be inverted as in the rotary pumpshown in Fig.…

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