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 257
both perpendicular to the 244 ENGINEERING atmospheric line. Then from R draw line R E, form-ing a rectangular parallelogram, C D R E, with twoopposite corners, C and R, within the curve. Nowthrough the other two corners, D and E, draw thediagonal D E, extending it downwards until it inter-sects the… … FIGURE 84. is 3.75 in., representing piston displacement. Nextmeasure the distance from F to the clearance line V W,which is 3.91 in., representing piston displacementwith volume of clearance added. Then 3.91-3-75 =.16, which represents volume of clearance; and . 16 x100 ^3.75 = 4-3 per cent.,…