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 58
urther away from the cylinder than inthe standard arrangements of Corliss and other builders ofthat class of engines, and this enables the maker of this engineto secure a single port with reduced clearance and lessliability to leakage, should the expansion valve leak. Inthis engine—and it should be… … The Wheelock Valves. of the engine. The regularity of motion of the class ofengines described in this section, may be inferred from thefact stated in regard to the engine here studied, that it hasbeen known to vary but a half revolution per minute whenfive-sixths of the load was thrown off. Engines…
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