Stationary steam engines, simple and compound; especially as adapted to light and power plants (1899)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, J. Wiley & Sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 110
are seen at eachend of the cylinder, and the clearance and dead spaceis thus reduced to a minimum. This last provision makesit possible to cushion the exhaust steam up to boiler pres-sure on the return stroke, and thus to secure a minimumwaste by condensation on the opening of the steam valvefor… … Cylinder; Elevation and Section. nals and bearings may be taken up, in any case, withoutaltering, to any observable extent, the position of the pistonin the cylinder, and this permits small cylinder clearance^also. For the reason above given, the port spaces aremade no larger than is necessary. A…
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