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 235
As it was, the horse power ofthe H. P. cylinder was 263.4 and that of the L. P.cylinder was 266.4, showing a difference of only threehorse power in the amount of work done in eachcylinder. Fig. 68 was taken from one of a pair of Fishkill Cor-liss engines connected to a common crank shaft.… … figure 68. continuous service for nearly seventeen years when theauthor was called upon to indicate them and adjustthe valves. A diagram taken at the same time fromthe mate of this engine was very nearly an exactcounter part of Fig. 68. The horse power, as shownby Fig. 68, was 248, and the steam…
