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 96
be done by hand. Consequently, in someinstances a small steam power cylinder is attached to the reversinggears to move them. This apparatus is called the steam-startinggear and is under the control of the engineer. STEAM ENGINES 85 The action of this gear, Fig. 64, is as follows: When the… … Fig. 64. Details or Steam Starting Gear 0 moves downward, thus causing the arm M to move downward andthe arm N to move to the right. This movement of the arm N andpin / causes a corresponding movement to the right of the reach rodand link, to which it is connected. Thus it is readily seen that…
Steam-engines
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.