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Railway master mechanic (1878)

New York [etc.] Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co. [etc.] · leaf 115

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the obliquity of the ports already al-luded to, the cut-off valve, whose eccentric is keyedon at ISO degrees from the crank pin, is located atthe beginning of the stroke, nearer the port whichit is to close, in proportion as it is drawn more to-wards the right hand side of the engine, a… … order to facilitate the introduction of the steaminto the ports of the valve, hollows are cut into theface of the valve which increase the actual sectionof the passage at the end of admission, as in theTrick canal. The peculiarity of this method of distribution itwill be seen consists in the…

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