Cyclopedia of locomotive engineering, with examination questions and answers; a practical manual on the construction care and management of modern locomotives . Figure 99 Figure 100 208 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING engine builder, or purchaser either, should be satisfiedwith the performance of a new engine until after it hasbeen accurately tested and adjusted with the main requirements in these connections are thatthe holes shall not be drilled near the bottom of thecylinder where water is likely to find its way into thepipes, neither should they be in a location where theinrush of ste
Cyclopedia of locomotive engineering, with examination questions and answers; a practical manual on the construction care and management of modern locomotives . Figure 99 Figure 100 208 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING engine builder, or purchaser either, should be satisfiedwith the performance of a new engine until after it hasbeen accurately tested and adjusted with the main requirements in these connections are thatthe holes shall not be drilled near the bottom of thecylinder where water is likely to find its way into thepipes, neither should they be in a location where theinrush of steam from the ports will strike themdirectly, nor where the edge of the piston is liable to. Figure 101 i partly cover them when at its extreme travel. Anengineer before he undertakes to indicate an engine;should satisfy himself that all these requirements arefulfilled. Otherwise he is not likely to obtain a truediagram. The cock supplied with the indicator is|threaded for one-half inch pipe, and unless the engine:has a very long stroke it is the practice to bring thetwo end connections together at the side or top of thecylinder and at or near the middle of its length, wherejthey can be connected to a three-way cock. The pipe I THE INDICATOR 209 connections should be as short and as free from elbowsas possible, in order that the steam may strike the indi-cator piston as nearly as possible at the same momentthat it acts upon the engine These pipes should always be thoroughly blown outand cleaned, by allowing the steam to blow through
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