The steam engine and turbine; a text-book for engineering colleges (1911)
Heck, Robert Culbertson Hays, 1870- · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 585
Some simplecontrivance, such as a circular groove in theends of the casing and projections on thevanes, must be added in order to keep the latter out against the casing.This particular scheme has the fault that it makes absolutely noprovision for expansion of steam below the inlet pressure, which… … Fig. 402. — Outline of Typical Rotary Engine. § 54] THE ROTARY ENGINE. 571 drawback has been the inability to hold steam, or the tendency of themachine to excessive leakage. The circular piston, moving in itscylinder with a broad contact, is the simplest possible working elementfor the…
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