Twentieth century hand-book for steam engineers and electricians with questions and answers; a practical non-technical treatise .. (1913)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 643
pipe passes up through the entire lengthof the large step supporting screw, and connects with theoil passage through the lower step block. Clearance.—With the Curtis turbine, the matter of clear-ance is very important. There must be no rubbing contact 630 Steam Engineering between the revolving and… … OUBrain Fig. 266 into each stage^ sometimes opposite a row of moving bladesand sometimes opposite the stationary blades. Two inch plugs are screwed into these holes, to be re-moved when an inspection is to be made. The clearance is Curtis Steam Turbine 631 ^not uniform in all the stages^ but is…
