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 60
ing, and this is the cause ofthe very limited use to which the gearinghas been put on American railroads. Asroadbeds improve, the gearing may comeinto more popular favor. It unquestion-ably takes its place among the leadingdevices used in steam distribution. Likethe Corliss valve gearing and others… … ~t~ FIG. 4. JOYS GEAR MODIFIED SO AS TO RAISE PARTS FROM TRACK. 55 THE VALVE-SETTERS GUIDE NOTE ON SETTING THE SLIDE VALVE OF A STATIONARY ENGINE The valve rod connections being prop-erly adjusted, place the crank on thedead center and move the eccentric aroundon the axle, in the direction in which…
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