Stationary steam engines; especially as adapted to electric lighting purposes (1884)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 92
e friction is practically eliminated andevery part assumes the position that it would take in a sim-ilar system free from friction. The action of the resistanceof the valve, so far as it is transmitted to the regulator,probably acts to hold the regulator fast during the periodof its action, leaving… … ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. shorter strokes of piston than is customary with the earliertypes. One reason which has guided their designers to thisproportion is that the loss by internal condensation becomesless as the steam is given less time to discharge its heat, andhence high-speed of rotation and…
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