. Electric railway gazette . e highest attainable steam Is always desirable in machinery, butis oft«n sacrificed for complication to securebetter results. Heretofore the consumer of steampower has had to choose between two evils, viz:the evil of complication for steam economj, orthe evil of poor steam economy for simplicity. Fig. 1 is a view looking at crank side of theengine, and shows a massive bed-plate with asquare base to rest upon the foundation. Thefoundation is protected from oil and water by abead which extends around the outer edge of the the movement of the valve
. Electric railway gazette . e highest attainable steam Is always desirable in machinery, butis oft«n sacrificed for complication to securebetter results. Heretofore the consumer of steampower has had to choose between two evils, viz:the evil of complication for steam economj, orthe evil of poor steam economy for simplicity. Fig. 1 is a view looking at crank side of theengine, and shows a massive bed-plate with asquare base to rest upon the foundation. Thefoundation is protected from oil and water by abead which extends around the outer edge of the the movement of the valve to contml these actionsIs reciprocating, and is produced by the eccentricshown as it revolves around the shaft; the mo-tion being transmitted to the valve by means ofthe eccentric rod and valve rod. Sj far this de- pass when the ports in the valve coincide withthe ports in the stationary slteve; and the flow ofsteam to the cylinder .vill be cut off when theseports do not the admission of steam to, and the. FIG. 3. SECTION THROUGH CYLINDER OP AMERICAN ENGNE.
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