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 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…
