Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 32
f belts, and used for generalpower purposes. They are more efficient than the plain slidevalve engine, using from 30 to 40 pounds of steam per hour perhorsepower. CHAPTER II CORLISS AND OTHER ENGINES Corliss Engines.—The Corliss engine is an entirely differenttype from either the plain slide valve… … Fig. 11. the cylinder instead of parallel with it. There are four of thesevalves for each cylinder, one admission valve for each end of thecylinder and one exhaust valve for each end. Each of thesevalves rotates about its axis instead of moving backward and
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