Stationary steam engines; especially as adapted to electric lighting purposes (1884)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 38
form and are easily fitted up in thelathe. In order that they may come to a bearing with cer-tainty, and without regard to the position of the spindlerelatively to the valve, they are made with a longitudinalslit into which fits, without jamming, the blade of the rock-shaft. The valves are thus… … Harris-Corliss Valve. constructs it, the stem goes through a fitted opening, with-out stuffing box, and the slight drip is carried off fromthe closed space at D ; thus none escapes into theengine room. The steel collar at F, which is shrunk onthe stem, fits into the recess at a and serves as a…
Steam-engines
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