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 798
ractice of locating the inlet valves in the top,the exhaust valves in the bottom, and the valve-gear shaftalongside of the cylinders. Another characteristic Euro-pean feature is the use of center-crank construction. Be-yond these few points, however, the design cannot be saidto follow strictly any… … 782 Steam Engineering The longitudinal section, Fig. 334, gives an excellentidea of the internal construction of the engine, and showsclearly the unusual method employed for packing thepiston-rod hole in the rear end of the front cylinder.Instead of providing a stationary packing cage, and…
