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 49
eration it will be observed thatthere are a number of rods in additionto those we have alluded to, besides lev-ers and bell cranks and brackets whichin appearance form a complex combina-tion, but which when followed one by gree of rapidity toward the center anddiminishes in velocity toward the ends… … FIG. i. OUTLINE OF BAKER-PILLIOD VALVE GEAR. one lead from the circular movement ofthe eccentric crank and the reciprocatingmovement of the crosshead to the sim-ple reciprocating motion imparted to thevalve rod. It will be readily understoodthat neither of these primary movementsare regular in…
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