Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 37
of a Corliss engine is shown in Fig. 15, whichserves to give an idea of the proportion of its parts. It will beobserved that this type of engine has a somewhat longer cylinderin proportion to its diameter and also a longer connecting rodthan other types of engines. This gives the whole engine… … CORLISS AND OTHER ENGINES 23 for the various parts to adjust themselves and for the dash potpiston to work properly. In order to maintain a proper pistonspeed with the slow rate of revolution, the cylinder is made longin proportion to its diameter. Corliss engines are rarely made torun at a higher…
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