Practical instructor and reference book for locomotive firemen and engineers: a practical treatise .. (1911)
Lockhart, Charles F. (Charles Fulton), b. 1872 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 60
placed under them. These THE SLIDE VALVE 57 balance strips prevent the steam from covering the wholetop surface of the valve, thereby relieving it of considerableweight which it would otherwise have to carry. 193. In the construction of the most simple form ofslide valve, the edges of the valve are… … Fig. 4.—Slide Valve Showing Lead. thus admitted is exhausted during the whole of the returnstroke. 195. In order to use the steam expansively slide valvesare now made so that the edges of the valve will extendor lap over beyond the edges of the ports when the valveis central on its seat as shown in…
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