Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William, Sir, bart · London Bombay : Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 309
bythe connecting rod e, the rotation ofthe crank is started. Just before bgets to the bottom of the cylinder, thesteam supply on the top of it is stopped, and steam isadmitted underneath the piston, so that it is forced upwardfrom the underside, and the crank is pulled up. As Bascends it expels the… … Fig. 14 STEAM CARS 271 to-and fro motion of the piston is transformed into rotarymotion. The Slide Valve.—The admission of the steam at alternateends of the cyHnder, and its outlet after it has forced thepiston down or up, is controlled by the slide valve, which isworked by the crank-shaft of the…
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