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 44
lves are set side by side, the latterserving both as induction and eduction valve, and havingthe same action, nearly, as the common three ported slidevalve, while the function of the former is principally that ofa cut-off valve. The latter, or main valve, is set nearest theend of the cylinder and… … ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. 35 are carried on steel trunnions, and with hardened surfacesof contact are but little subject to wear. The steam orcut-off valve is set further away from the cylinder than inthe standard arrangements of Corliss and other builders ofthat class of engines, and this enables…
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