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 529
eralyears with the valves in the condition shown by the di-agram, and in the meanwhile, the load having been in-creased from time to time, the engine finally refused torun up to speed and something had to be done. Thesuperintendent of the plant said that he had an idea thatsomething was the matter… … Fig. 203 the trouble was unequal cut off. After equalizing the cutoff and increasing the lead on the crank end by a smallfraction diagram Fig. 204 was taken, and after this theengine gave no further trouble. The depression in thdsteam lines might have been rectified to some extent by in-creasing…
