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The valve-setter's guide; a treatise on the construction and adjustment of the principal valve gearings used on American locomotive (1910)

Kennedy, James, 1848-1922 · New York, A. Sinclair company · leaf 35

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differs somewhat in detailfrom the forms in which it is nowmade applicable to twentieth centurylocomotives. These changes do not inany way affect the organic principles being fastened to the eccentric strap,and the other end attached to the lowerend of the radial link. This eccentricwas set at… … WALSCHAERTS VALVE GEAR, AS APPLIED TO LOCOMOTIVES BY WILLIAM MASON. of the device, but are merely mattersof convenience made to suit the in-creased size of the engines. Amongthe changes in form it will be observedthat the original method of causing theradial link to oscillate on its…

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