Stationary steam engines, simple and compound; especially as adapted to light and power plants (1902)
Thurston, Robert H[enry], 1839-1903. [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 191
ENGINE belongs to this new class, and is here taken as its represen-tative. The change of construction characteristic of thistype of engine is a return to the original single-actingplan of engine. This has been often proposed, and not in-frequently attempted ; but the success attained has not, asa… … The Westinghouse Compound Engine. high speeds of revolution have been attained ; but the costof steam has been found too great, and their use has notbecome general. The Westinghouse engine has proved it-
Steam-engines
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