Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise on the care and management of steam engines, boilers and electric machinery (1922)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 417
amount of lead. The exhaust valves will be correct if theyhave been set according to table 32—the wrist plate beingcentral. … Fig. 142 shows the wrist plate of a heavy duty or re-liance type Eeynolds Corliss engine in its central position, Valves and Valve Setting 405 ready for adjusting the lengths of the valve rods. Thevalves in this tj-pe of engines are double ported. Fig. 143 shows the position of the wrist plate of a…
