Stationary steam engines; especially as adapted to electric lighting purposes (1884)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 197
The Westinghouse Engine.—Cross Section Through Valve. may be knocked out without injury occurring to any impor-tant, or costly, part of the structure.* * The writer planned an engine, about the year 1860 in which the wholecylinder-head was made a safety valve which could lift and discharge the… … ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. 173 when danger arises. This piece is always one the replace-ment of which will give little trouble, and make but littleexpense. In the Wcstinghouse engine, such a breaking-piece is made to form a part of the cylinder head. This
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