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 37
26 STEAM ENGINES FOR cylinder. Links, E E>, E Z>, E F, E E, take motion, fromproperly set pins on this wrist-plate, to the steam valverock-shafts, D, E>, and to the exhaust valves, E, E, movingthem with a peculiar varying motion in such a manner as toopen and close the ports rapidly, and… … The Corliss Engine. with catches, or latches, which may be disengaged, as thevalve opens, at any desired point within about half stroke;and the time of this disengagement is determined by therotation of a cam seen on the valve stem above D, whichcam is rotated by the governor through the rod If,…
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