. The railroad and engineering journal . being substituted for the usual single-cylinder structure of a lo-comotive without change of the adjacent structure, substantiallyas specified. The object of the second invention, which is covered by thesecond patent, is to provide a compound engine with a singlevalve common to both the high and low-pressure cylinders, the. valve havingbeen especially designedfor [^connectionwith compound locomotive engines, but being applicable tostationary or marine engines as well. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the cylinders, steam-chest and bed-casti
. The railroad and engineering journal . being substituted for the usual single-cylinder structure of a lo-comotive without change of the adjacent structure, substantiallyas specified. The object of the second invention, which is covered by thesecond patent, is to provide a compound engine with a singlevalve common to both the high and low-pressure cylinders, the. valve havingbeen especially designedfor [^connectionwith compound locomotive engines, but being applicable tostationary or marine engines as well. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the cylinders, steam-chest and bed-casting, and fig. 4 a longitudinal section of thevalve, which is thus described by the inventor : In the valve-chest £ is a bushing e, slotted or perforated atthe inlet and outlet ports, as shown, to permit the steam toenter and exhaust from the valve-chest.
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