The practical application of the slide valve and link motion to stationary, portable, locomotive, and marine engines : with new and simple methods for proportioning the parts (1870)
Auchincloss, W. S. (William Stuart), 1842-1928 · New York : Van Nostrand · leaf 32
s called degrees (360°), eachdegree into 60 minutes and each minute into 60 seconds. While the piston of an engine performs a single stroke,the crank-pin makes a semi-revolution (180°) about thecentre of the main shaft, each position of the former conse-quently corresponds with some angular… … 28 PISTON, CKANK AND VALVE MOTIONS. Since the slotted cross-head shown in Fig. 3 is theonly form of connection between the crank-pin and piston,in which the piston moves from one extremity of the stroketo the other at the same speed as the crank-pin—measuredon the stroke line—it will answer our…
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