Stationary steam engines; especially as adapted to electric lighting purposes (1884)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 35
. 1S78. 26 STEAM ENGINES FOR cylinder. Links, E D, E Z>, E F, E F, take motion, fromproperly set pins on this wrist-plate, to the steam valverock-shafts, D, Dy and to the exhaust valves, F, Fy 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 Dy whichcam is rotated by the governor through the rod 77,…
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