Twentieth century hand-book for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers .. (1905)
Swingle, C. F. [from old catalog], Horstmann, Henry Charles, 1858- [from old catalog], Tousley, Victor Hugo, 1875- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co. · leaf 171
ERING a corliss engine may be adjusted to cut off the steamat any point, from the very beginning up to one-halfof the stroke, without in the least affecting the releaseor compression because these events are controlled bythe exhaust valves. As the corliss engine is a prominent and familiartype of… … figure 34. Fig. 34 is a sectional view of the cylinder, steam andexhaust chests, and the valve chambers of a corlissengine. I and 2 are the steam valves and 3 and 4 theexhaust valves. The valves work in cylindrical cham-bers accurately bored out, the face of the valve beingturned off to fit steam…
