Practical hand book of gas, oil and steam engines, stationary, marine, traction; gas burners, oil burners, etc.; farm, traction, automobile, locomotive; a simple, practical and comprehensive book on the construction, operation and repair of all kinds of engines (1916)
Rathbun, John B. [from old catalog] · Chicago, Charles C. Thompson co · leaf 358
oiler pressure.This reduction in temperature and pressure results in a widerworking temperature range than would be the case with thesteam following the piston throughout the stroke, and as thesteam is exhausted to atmosphere at a temperature much lowerthan that of the boiler steam, much less heat… … Fig. 134. Case Steam Tractor. are too highly taxed for efficient results. Since the most effi-cient point of cut-off is only J/^ of the possible steam travel itis evident that an engine can carry a load much greater thanthat for which it is rated, but it is also evident that this in-creased…
Internal combustion engines · Traction-engines
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