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 138
n older fields of work as well. The loss of power inthe jack-shafts, or first motion shafts, of mills andworkshops driven by the low-speed engines is an item ofno inconsiderable amount in many cases. The tendencyis now observable toward the adoption of the high-speedengine, even where not quite as… … ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. iig to the main line by a coupling. Many flouring mills andseveral rolling mills to the personal knowledge of theauthor, have been operated in this way for some years, andthe system will probably become rapidly more general.In this country, the use of gearing for such…
Steam-engines
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