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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 762

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o the partial vacuum produced withinthe cylinder during the ^^suction stroke^ of the engine.From point B^ the piston returns to its original positioncompressing the mixture in the clearance space, the indi-cator tracing the line B-C, which is known as the compres-sion curve. At this point ignition… … Fig. 312 valve opens, the indicator having traced the line D-E, whichis known as the expansion curve. At E there is a drop inpressure as the gases issue from the exhaust port and fromF to A the gases are swept from the cylinder which causesa line to be drawn by the indicator slightly above the…

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