. American engineer and railroad journal . sents the high-pressure cylinder and .5 the low-pressurecylinder, which are of different diameters and arranged uponopposite sides of the engine, as common. Arranged within the smoke-box C, and leading from the ex-haust-port of the high-pressure cylinder to the steam-chest ofthe low-pressure cylinder is the connecting pipe or receiver with the receiver B is a cylindrical chamber, A,in which are arranged to work three piston-valves a b coi differ-ent diameters, all secured to a common valve-rod, d, as shownin figs. 3 and 6. Communicating w
. American engineer and railroad journal . sents the high-pressure cylinder and .5 the low-pressurecylinder, which are of different diameters and arranged uponopposite sides of the engine, as common. Arranged within the smoke-box C, and leading from the ex-haust-port of the high-pressure cylinder to the steam-chest ofthe low-pressure cylinder is the connecting pipe or receiver with the receiver B is a cylindrical chamber, A,in which are arranged to work three piston-valves a b coi differ-ent diameters, all secured to a common valve-rod, d, as shownin figs. 3 and 6. Communicating with this chamber is a pipe,J, which connects with the main steam-pipe. Arranged at the Vol. LXVI. No. 5 j ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 233 siJe of ihe receiver B is another cylindrical chambtr, C, wilhinwhich work two piston-valves /• /■ o( dilTcrent diameters, bothmounted on a common valve-rod, /, as shown in fig. 5. Apipe, G, communicating with the chamber C, leads to Ihe is a four-way controlling valve, which has four B.\TCI1ELL0RS VALVE FOR COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES. fC L M N, communicating therewith. The pipe A leads to theatmosphere ; the pipe L communicates with the chamber A , asshown in figs. 3 and 6 : the pipe M communicates with theboiler, and the pipe A^ communicates with the chamber controlling-valve, //. is provided with a handle, h. whichmay be operated by meins of a rod, /;-, extending to the cab. A is a steam ppe. whi h communicates wiih the steam-chestof the low pressure cylinder, and e is an opening through thewall of the chamber j4. which communicates with the steam-passage E through a reducing-valve,D, said reducing-valve being prefer-ably of a character to reduce thesteam from the boiler in proportionto the difference between the areasof the pistons of the high and low-pressure cylinders, respertively ; his another opening through the wallof the chamber A for connecting thepipe E with the receiver B\ as shownin figs. 3 and 6. The chang
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