Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 173
asing the steam lap and decreasing theexhaust lap on one end, and decreasing the steam lap and in-creasing the exhaust lap on the other end. For example, if thelength of the valve stem is increased, the steam lap on the headend will be increased, the exhaust lap on this end decreased andthe steam… … Fig. 94. An inspection of Fig. 94 will show that if a valve has equalsteam laps on head and crank ends, the leads on the two ends willalso be equal. If the connecting rod was long enough so thatits angularity did not affect the motion of the piston the cut-offon the two ends would also be equal…
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