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 800
, and pin are all cast in one piece of steel; thebalancing weights are bolted on. Valves, Valve Gear and Governor,—Simple, flat poppetvalves of forged steel, with beveled seats, are used through-out the engine, and the need for cooling the exhaust valvesin larger sizes is obviated by the use of… … Fig. 336 CROSS SECTION THROUGH CYLINDER AND VALVE CHAMBERS, DU BOIS GAS ENGINE cylinder barrel, and they are drilled, instead of being cored,in order to obtain absolute accuracv in dimension and loca- 784 Steam Engineering tion. The inlet and exhaust valves of each cylinder areopened by a cam^ two…