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 512
ff, that is the cut off valve slides toand fro on the back of the main valve. The engine is hor-izontal non-condensing, the cylinder being 28 in. bore by56 in. stroke, and, at the time the diagram was taken, de-veloped 357.58 horse power with a piston speed of 728 ft.per minute. The steam… … Fig. 182 pipe the pressure was greatly reduced at the engine. Thuswire drawing of the steam was caused, which is plainly in-dicated by the downward inclination of the steam line, D E. In a well proportioned engine having a steam pipe ofsufficiently large area, the steam line should parallel…
