The Engineer's Handy-book: Containing a Full Explanation of the Steam-engine Indicator, and Its Use and Advantages to Engineers and Steam Users. With Formulæ for Estimating the Power of All Classes of Steam-engines; Also, Facts, Figures, Questions, and Tables for Engineers who Wish to Qualify Themselves for the United States Navy, the Revenue Service, the Mercantile Marine, Or to Take Charge of the Better Class of Stationary Steam-engines. With Illustrations |
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... bed - plate or housing of which , as will be observed , is radically different in design and general appearance from ... bed or foot , which sus- tains all the bearings for the valve - gear , and which is placed on a level with the ...
... bed - plate or housing of which , as will be observed , is radically different in design and general appearance from ... bed or foot , which sus- tains all the bearings for the valve - gear , and which is placed on a level with the ...
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... bed - plate ; the rod being connected with a lever which is fastened to the governor - shaft . This shaft carries two forked arms , which take hold of the small rods run- Ining through the hollow rocker - shafts . These rods are ...
... bed - plate ; the rod being connected with a lever which is fastened to the governor - shaft . This shaft carries two forked arms , which take hold of the small rods run- Ining through the hollow rocker - shafts . These rods are ...
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... bed - plate or housing of which , as will be observed , is radically different in design and general appearance from ... bed or foot , which sus- tains all the bearings for the valve - gear , and which is placed on a level with the ...
... bed - plate or housing of which , as will be observed , is radically different in design and general appearance from ... bed or foot , which sus- tains all the bearings for the valve - gear , and which is placed on a level with the ...
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... bed - plate ; the rod being connected with a lever which is fastened to the governor - shaft . This shaft carries two forked arms , which take hold of the small rods run- ning through the hollow rocker - shafts . These rods are enlarged ...
... bed - plate ; the rod being connected with a lever which is fastened to the governor - shaft . This shaft carries two forked arms , which take hold of the small rods run- ning through the hollow rocker - shafts . These rods are enlarged ...
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... bed - plate , as will be observed , is of the ordinary box O. G. pattern , to which the cylinder - guides and pillow - blocks are bolted and dowelled in such a manner that the possibility of their getting out of line is entirely ...
... bed - plate , as will be observed , is of the ordinary box O. G. pattern , to which the cylinder - guides and pillow - blocks are bolted and dowelled in such a manner that the possibility of their getting out of line is entirely ...
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adjustment air-pump amount angles applied atmosphere Automatic Cut-Off Engine bed-plate belt boiler causes centre clearance coal compound connected connecting-rod Corliss Engine crank crank-pin crank-shaft cross-head Cube cubic foot cubic inches cylinder diagram diameter divide eccentric equal exhaust expansion feet per minute fly-wheel friction fuel give governor high-pressure horse-power INCHES OF MERCURY indicator indicator diagrams injector iron latent heat length lever lift locomotive low-pressure marine engines mean effective pressure mechanical motion move multiply number of revolutions opening pillow-block pipe piston piston-rod point of cut-off port pressure in pounds pressure of steam proportion pump quantity quotient revolutions per minute Rule for finding safety-valve salinometer screw shaft side slide-valve specific gravity speed square inch steam steam-boilers steam-chest steam-engines steam-valve stroke surface surface condenser TABLE SHOWING temperature term tion tube vacuum valve valve-gear valve-rod valve-stem velocity vertical weight