Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 50
Corliss engine at thelowest point of the cylinder allows water to drain through themwhen the cylinder is being warmed up preparatory to startingthe engine. In a slide valve engine the valve is placed at theside or on top of the cylinder, and drain valves or cocks must beplaced in the bottom of the… … Fig. 23. The ports and valves of these engines are often made double inorder to secure a greater opening with a small valve travel,which is desirable when the speed of the valve is high. Theclearance in the cylinders of these engines is relatively greaterthan that in the Corliss engine because,…
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