Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise .. (1916)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago, F.J. Drake & company · leaf 431
g the outlet stem head, connect the eccentric-rod to theeccentric, lengthen or shorten this eccentric rod so thatthe travel of the valve due to one revolution of the eccen-tric will move the tram from the first to the third prick-punch mark; and no farther. The eccentric should then be set so that… … Fig. 150the fitchburg engine, showing the valve gear Valves and Valve Setting 419 As these valves must be set while the valves are out ofsight, a strict adherence to these rules of adjustment mustbe followed, care being taken to be accurate on all points.
