Modern locomotive engineering, with questions and answers .. (1913)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co · leaf 462
onthe second stroke than on the third, thus distributingcoal over the middle portion of the grate, and moreon the first than on the second, thereby scatteringcoal over the front end of the grate. By this adjust-ment of the choke plugs any range of distribution canbe obtained that may be desired.… … FiGURE 222 456 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING der is a very small live steam port, connected directlywith the live steam supply, and its office is to returnthe plunger after its forward stroke and also to addvolume to the steam retained after the piston haspassed over the forward exhaust port; thus giving…
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