. Cassier's magazine. easy adjust-ment. The governors, according to specifi-cations, are either of the well-knownPickering construction, or, in the caseof the Tangye-Johnson valve gear, ofthe Porter type. In either case thegovernor is fitted with safety gearwhich will automatically shut off the steam if the governor belt shouldbreak, and thus prevent the enginefrom running away. A larger class of Tangye horizontalengine is shown in Fig. 11, the par-ticular engine there illustrated havingcylinders 18 and 32 inches in a stroke of 48 inches it develops425 I. H. P. at 70 revolutions
. Cassier's magazine. easy adjust-ment. The governors, according to specifi-cations, are either of the well-knownPickering construction, or, in the caseof the Tangye-Johnson valve gear, ofthe Porter type. In either case thegovernor is fitted with safety gearwhich will automatically shut off the steam if the governor belt shouldbreak, and thus prevent the enginefrom running away. A larger class of Tangye horizontalengine is shown in Fig. 11, the par-ticular engine there illustrated havingcylinders 18 and 32 inches in a stroke of 48 inches it develops425 I. H. P. at 70 revolutions per min-ute with 120 pounds steam details of the Corliss valve gearand the general design of the engineare so clearly shown that any specialdescription is unnecessary. state that many engines ofthis class have been supplied by themto the various gold mining companiesof South Africa. The chief feature of the Tangye-Johnson valve gear is its single-eccen-tric gear. The eccentric drives a main. -STANDARD DESIGN OF CONDENSING ENGINE OF MESSRS. TANGYES, LTD., BIRMINGHAM, WITHTANGYE-JOHNSON VALVE GEAR 502 THE MODERN HORIZONTAL STEAM ENGINE 503
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