. Mechanical appliances, mechanical movements and novelties of construction; a complete work and a continuation, as a second volume, of the author's book entitled "Mechanical movements, powers and devices" ... including an explanatory chapter on the leading conceptions of perpetual motion existing during the past three centuries. TO WRIST PUTE 187. CORLISS VALVE GEAR and release mechanism. Thegrab hook consists of a block, C, sliding in a grooved slot in the bell-crank lever B B, and normally forced out-ward by a spring. The block C carries apin, E, on the rear side, which is held in_^^ contac

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. Mechanical appliances, mechanical movements and novelties of construction; a complete work and a continuation, as a second volume, of the author's book entitled "Mechanical movements, powers and devices" ... including an explanatory chapter on the leading conceptions of perpetual motion existing during the past three centuries. TO WRIST PUTE 187. CORLISS VALVE GEAR and release mechanism. Thegrab hook consists of a block, C, sliding in a grooved slot in the bell-crank lever B B, and normally forced out-ward by a spring. The block C carries apin, E, on the rear side, which is held in_^^ contact with a cam ring, F, having two \\^-~-J^l^5^^<J:^^^-J^° knock-off dies, M and N, on its inside sur-face. As the bell crank moves in thedirection of the arrow from the positionshown, the roller on the pin E strikes thecam die N, and is forced rapidly inward,releasing the drop lever a. If from any cause the dashpot should failto act, the projection on the bell-crank lever would engage with thedrop lever and close the

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