Steam engines, a thorough and practical presentation of modern steam engine practice (1920)
Ludy, Llewellyn V., 1875-, American Technical Society · Chicago, American technical society · leaf 66
shown in Fig. 40. It con-sists of a boiler of the locomotive type, carried by four wheels, thetwo front ones serving as a means for guiding, and the two rearbeing the ones which receive the power and known as the drivingwheels. In order to prevent the slipping of the rear wheels whendoing heavy… … 52 STEAM ENGINES seen in the illustration, is a plain slide valve engine of the side-cranktype. The speed is regulated by an ordinary fly-ball, centrifugalgovernor. The construction of the various parts of the engine aresimilar to those previously described in this work. The samewatchful care…
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