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 323
gle valve the so-called automatic engine is found economical under averageconditions, and when of good design up to what were oncethought high powers—250 to 350 horse-power. The enginewith detachable valve-gear, as that of Corliss or of Greene,has been hardly less improved, and affords good… … Modern Direct-connected 1,250 H. P. Unit. ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. 2 89 cially adapted to the peculiar work here demanded of it.The latest forms illustrate the compactness of the merchant-marine typ«, and these vertical engines are finding placewherever land is costly or where, for oth^r reasons,…
Steam-engines
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