Stationary steam engines; especially as adapted to electric lighting purposes (1884)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 58
g steam to the plug-tree form ofvalve gear,—are now still living. Mr. Corliss has acquiredwealth, as well as fame; his predecessor and his rival, how-ever, have attained less fame—much less than they are en-titled to, and still enjoy all the advantages which poetsascribe to the possession of small… … ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. 51 There are other engines belonging to the class hereconsidered—the engines having a detachable cut-off valveclosed independently of the motion of the valve-gear,—ofwhich the space proposed for these articles will not permitdescription. Among these are the Wright engine,…
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