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 764
bout ninetydegrees of the stroke. The suction and exhaust lines runvery near the atmospheric line, thereby denoting correctlyproportioned inlet, and exhaust valves and passages forsame. Gas Engine Indicator 747 Figure 315 shows a condition existing when the suctionto the cylinder is in some way… … 4Zafaff Fig. 315 tion pipe, which may be caused in some cases by too manybends or short elbows. In figure 316, the exhaust line is shown at too great aheight above the atmospheric line, thus showing that thedischarge of exhaust gases is choked. In theory, there
