Self-propelled vehicles; a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of automobiles (1906)
Homans, James E. (James Edward), b. 1865 · New York, T. Audel & Company · leaf 608
ve, D. Communication is thus established between the valvechest, in which slides the double piston rod, A, and the spaceabove the piston, C. Consequently, steam is admitted above thispiston, which, being of larger diameter than the piston below it,forces it and the valve rod downward, thus opening… … Fig. 437.—Sectional View of the Valve Motion and Mechanism of theVictor Auxiliary Steam Pumps. above the piston, C, and again causing the plunger to rise. Theposition of the exhaust valves is such that they are covered bythe piston valves on rod, when these are in position to open theinlets, and…
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