. Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering. only hy lines. Here ABCD represent tho cylinder, F is the coutro of the shaft, directly over themiddle of tho cylinder; I E is a section of the piston; III the piston-rod, working Steam-tight in :>stuffing-box at K; H G is tho connecting-rod, and C! F the crank It is easily soon th:it as tho piston is 334 MARINE STEAM ENGINE. forced up and down by the steam, the crank will be made to revolve, and consequently cause the paddle-wheel to rotate. The remaining parts of the engine will be readily understood: L is the c
. Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering. only hy lines. Here ABCD represent tho cylinder, F is the coutro of the shaft, directly over themiddle of tho cylinder; I E is a section of the piston; III the piston-rod, working Steam-tight in :>stuffing-box at K; H G is tho connecting-rod, and C! F the crank It is easily soon th:it as tho piston is 334 MARINE STEAM ENGINE. forced up and down by the steam, the crank will be made to revolve, and consequently cause the paddle-wheel to rotate. The remaining parts of the engine will be readily understood: L is the condenser, Mthe air-pump, N the hot well, a and b are the foot-valve and delivery-valves respectively. There are twoparticulars deserving special notice in this engine, viz. : the slides for admitting the steam and allowingit to escape, and the parallel motion, or the means of keeping the piston-rod in its vertical line. It isobservable that there are four slides, viz.: A, B, C, and D, two of which, A and C, are for allowing theingress of steam, and the other two, B and D,
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