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 419
ed withthe long range cut off which is designed to give a maximumcut-off for power, and the essential feature of the steamvalves is, that they have a negative lap or opening when inmid-position, the cut-off being made entirely by the gov-ernor through the knock-off cam. ^ Eeferring to Fig. 145, the… … Fig. 144 VALVE-GEAR SIDE OF REYNOLDS LONG-RANGE CUT-OFF ENGINE Valves and Valve Setting 407 show their relative position to the valves at the O) positeend. The steam and exhaust wrist-plates are shown at Aand B, respectively, and above A is shown the travel circleC of the steam eccentric; below is…