Steam engines; a thorough and practical presentation of modern steam engine practice (1917)
Ludy, Llewellyn V., 1875-, American Technical Society · Chicago, American technical society · leaf 38
xhausted into the larger cylinder,where it expands further. The cylinders should be so proportionedthat approximately the same amount of work can be done in each,which may be accomplished by making the high pressure cylinderenough smaller than the low so that when the steam leaves the highat a… … Fig. 20. Typical Cross-Compound Engine Besides being economical, the cross-compound has a distinctmechanical advantage. The two cranks may be set at right anglesso that when one is on dead center, the other is at a position of nearlyits greatest effort. This makes a dead center impossible, and…
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