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 181
rm, and with the steam-cylinderbolted by the lower head to a very strong and very gracefulframe. The main journals are carried in bearing construct-ed in the frame, and consequently free from liability to loss i58 STEAM ENGINES FOR of perfect alignment, or to unequal wear. The valve iseither a… … N. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.s Engine.—5 h. p. The vertical position of the engine prevents wear withinthe cylinder becoming serious or unsymmetrical. Thepistons are hollow, and are packed with rings set with suf- ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. *59 ficient spring to keep them up to a bearing. The…
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