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 191
ENGINE belongs to this new class, and is here taken as its represen-tative. The change of construction characteristic of thistype of engine is a return to the original single-actingplan of engine. This has been often proposed, and not in-frequently attempted ; but the success attained has not, asa… … The Westinghouse Engine. high speeds of revolution have been attained ; but the costof steam has been found too great, and their use has notbecome general. The Westinghouse engine has proved it- ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. 169 self to possess the elements of commercial success, and is,therefore, to…
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