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 249
her high forso large an engine and the steam lines should be main-tained more nearly horizontal up to the point of cut.off. Steam Consumption from Indicator Diagrams. In cal-culating the steam consumption of an engine, two veryimportant factors must not be lost sight of, viz., clear-ance and… … figure 78. tically wasted, and all of it passes into the atmosphereor the condensor, as the case may be, without havingdone any useful work except to merely fill the spacedevoted to clearance. On the other hand, if theexhaust valve is closed before the piston completesthe return stroke, the steam…
