Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 182
VE SETTING 167 being for admission, and the port B for exhaust. Both sides ofthe valve are exactly ahke and the balance plate C has recessescored in it to correspond with the port openings in the cylindervalve-face. This manner of constructing the pressure plate per-mits almost perfect balancing of… … Fig. 103. serves the same object with the exhaust, preventing wire drawingat release. The Straight-line valve is used on automatic high speedengines which are controlled by a shaft governor. The shaftgovernor is connected directly to the valve and changes the leadand angle of advance. The valve is…
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