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 202
of the latter bears to thelarge cylinder, with several ingenious and effective correc-tions for minor variations of kinematic and thermal move-ment, the single valve is made to give precisely the distribu-tion desired : such that the expansion in the small cylinderfrom any point, ^, and into the… … ECONOMY UNDER VARYING LOADS. sion completes the diagram in singularly admirable form,and, incidentally, aids by reducing the liability to wastes byinternal condensation. The curious result is thus reachedthat the total range of temperatures and pressures and theirdivision between the two cylinders…
Steam-engines
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