. Official proceedings . - early cut-off and taken at a speed of330 revolutions per minute, or at a speed of 80 miles per hour for80 inch drivers. Discussion—The lyocomotive. 155 In response to Mr. Herrs request for a diagram at 50 milesper hour, I present diagram 26R taken at 275 revolutions perminute or at a speed of 64 miles per hour with 78 inch drivers,or 50 miles per hour with 61 inch In the matter of cold water consumption, I am not now ableto supply the data asked for by Mr. Herr, but let me generallysay that so far as can be said, the results are wdiat might beexpected from t
. Official proceedings . - early cut-off and taken at a speed of330 revolutions per minute, or at a speed of 80 miles per hour for80 inch drivers. Discussion—The lyocomotive. 155 In response to Mr. Herrs request for a diagram at 50 milesper hour, I present diagram 26R taken at 275 revolutions perminute or at a speed of 64 miles per hour with 78 inch drivers,or 50 miles per hour with 61 inch In the matter of cold water consumption, I am not now ableto supply the data asked for by Mr. Herr, but let me generallysay that so far as can be said, the results are wdiat might beexpected from the diagrams presented, and are obtained throughthe elimination of unnatural resistance present in the locomotiveof to day, and as forcefully presented in diagrams i and 2 of theFebruary paper where the steam used to propel the locomotiveforward is early released from the cylinder and where the unnat-ural resistance of ;-sion is set up earh in the return stroke,absorbing momentum of the train and the jjower generated inthe companion cylinder and necessarily resulting in the loss ofpower. Our President—God bless him — refers to comment in thein the Locomotive Engineering, regarding the reported perform-ance of an English locomotive and concerning the comments men-tioned as to the indicator cards I want to say that an indicatordiagram is valueless unless accompanied by information
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