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 255
pistons, the valve-motion must here be takenfrom the pins to secure thedesired movement relativelyto the pistons. The work onthe main journals and pins issubstantially all on the upper brass of the latter and theWiLLANs Engine. (Scale ^V-) j^^^g, ^f the former, and the crank-pin working-side is… … 1. Trans. Brit. Inst. C. E., Vol. LXXXI. p. i66. ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. Westinghouse method, by the dipping of the crank into apool of oil and water in the crank-case. The guide-pistonsare arranged to produce the needed cushion by compressionof the air in the compression-chambers, and this is…
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