Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics (1892)
Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 345
the releasing gear. Fig. 72 shows the dash-pot used in theWatts-Campbell Corliss engines. The vac-uum which serves to close the valve ismaintained in the chamber above the cen-tral post. As tlie piston descends, closingthe steam-valve, any small quantity of airthat may have found its way into… … Fig. 72.—Compound <.<>ndensing engine—details
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