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 765
rrect, too longan exhaust pipe, too many bends or too small, a diameterof same. If the compression curve B C, Fig. 312, shows a lack ofsufficient compression pressure and all other conditionsare perfect, this is probably due to leaky piston rings,valves, or joints. Figure 317 shows a low spring… … Fig. 317 The mean effective pressure of gas engine diagrams isfound by precisely the same method as that pursued withdiagrams from steam engines. Indicated Horse Power.—This Is a computation basedupon the mean effective pressure developed at each ex-plosion and is usually calculated from the same…
