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 236
lbs. The vacuum gauge showed 27 in.and a 50 spring was used. Figs. 69 and 70 are from an old Fishkill corlissengine 16 x 42 in., to which the author applied theindicator after he had set the valves, according to theordinary rules for valve setting, by the marks placed DIAGRAM ANALYSIS 223 on the… … FIGURE 69. indicator cylinder. After the indicator pipes had beenblown out sufficiently, as it was thought, the indicator,which was a thoroughly reliable instrument, wasattached and diagram Fig. 69 was obtained. Itshowed the valve adjustment to be very nearly correct,but the perfectly straight…
