A textbook on the locomotive and the air brake (1901)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa., International textbook co · leaf 282
e pressure of the air inthe supplementary reservoir 155 and chamber D, which wasequal to train-pipe pressure before reduction began, is nowgreater, and commences to push piston 10^ forwards. Aspiston iO^, which is connected to cut-off valve 110 by means ofthe lever 112, moves forwards, cut-off… … §15 THE NEW YORK AIR BRAKE. 41 occurs, no more air can escape through port i<^ from the trainpipe, and the valve is said to be automatically lapped. Theamount of reduction made in the train-pipe pressure, with thehandle in the first graduating notch, is about 4 pounds, or anamount usually…
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