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 225
d drive thesame crank. The high-pressure cylinder is commonlyplaced behind the low-pressure, and the latter is directlyattached to the frame of the engine. The exhaust of thesmaller cylinder is carried in any convenient manner to tlielarge engine ; but the more direct and the larger the con-duits… … ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. 199 The compound corliss engine was first introducedby other builders ; but no one was more successful in theeconomical working of the machine than was its great orig-inator, the late George H. Corliss. The usual method ofcompounding this engine for stationary purposes is…
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