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 42
w FIGURE 5 * … PISTON, CRAIK AND VALVE MOTIONS. 35 creasing resistance from the steam which it thus comprcinto a less and less volume. Such opposition when prop-erly proportioned aids in overcoming the momentum storedup in the reciprocating parts and tends to bring themeconomically to a state of rest at the end…
Steam-engines
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