Creighton, William Henry Paul, 1859- · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 85
ents and accidents.On a locomotive diagram note the speed from the time elap-ingin passing mile-posts, the position of the link and throttle, thecharacter and number and weight of cars drawn, the grade, thesize and position of the blast orifice, character of the coal andquantity burned, amount of… … Fig. 37. the crank-pin revolve at uniform speed. We shall find thatthis necessitates a very irregular motion of the piston. As thelatter approaches the end of the stroke it slows down, comingto absolute rest at the end of its stroke, since it must reverse STEAM-ENGINE INDICATOR AND ITS CALIBRATION.…
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