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 240
commonly employedbecause of its simplicity and cheapness, compactness andfreedom from liability to derangement. In many of theseengines piston-valves are used when steam-pressures arevery high. In the drawing are well shown the small clearance char-acterizing this form of cylinder and valve. In… … Tandem COMPOUND Engine and Dynamo. The Ideal is a more recent development of the Ideengine, and involves particularly the self-oiling system al-ready described in the case of the Worthington engine. STEAM ENGINES FOR The problem which designers must here solve is that ofcombining effective…
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