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 246
nt. Each engine has its ownjet condenser and air pump, which latter is of theregular bucket plunger type and receives its motionfrom the overhead beam through long connecting rods.The crank shaft is 18 in. in diameter and carries a gearfly-wheel 30 ft. in diameter, weighing 56 tons, theteeth of… … figure 75 in width, which allows the length of the teeth to be24 in., while the pitch, or distance from center to cen-ter of the teeth, is 5 in. The steam pipe is 18 in. insidediameter and the cylinders are jacketed with livesteam. This engine showed remarkable economy in the useof steam when…
