Stationary steam engines, simple and compound; especially as adapted to electric lighting purposes (1890)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 173
Examining it in some detail, it will be observed that theframe, although of novel design, is of the same general formwith those which have been already described in this class, 150 STEAM ENGINES FOR possessing that solidity and rigidity that have been seen tobe an essential feature of all… … cases already familiar to the reader. The crank-pin is setin a disc, which permits counterbalancing, and gives greatstrength. The connecting-rod is tapered from the crank- ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. I 51 in to the crosshead-end, in the manner now common toall fast-running engines. The outlines of…
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