Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903, Fessenden, C · Toronto : W.J. Gage · leaf 214
rnace, S the steampipe through which steam passes from the boiler to a small chamberVC, called the valve chest. In this chamber is a slide valve V, which, asit is moved to and fro, opens and closes alternately the passages Mand N leading from the valve chest to the ajUndpr C, and thus admitsthe… … the piston is closed, thereby preventing the entrance of steam into thisspace, the passage leading from the same space is open through theinterior of the valve so that steam can escape from this space throughthe exhaust pipe E. Thus, in the position of the valve represented inthe diagram, the…
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