The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette . iston-rod will be enabled, hy the lateral motion of the radiusslides, to vibrate, and thereby act directly on the crank ; in conse-quence of the angular position of the piston-rod the wear of thecylinder would be greater on one side than the other, but this mayhe avoided by giving to the latter an inclined position. It will beperceived that this jieculiarity of the piston is of great advantage,especially for horizontal engines, as the u-eiylit of the piston wouldbe supported by the jiressure, and consequently prevent
The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette . iston-rod will be enabled, hy the lateral motion of the radiusslides, to vibrate, and thereby act directly on the crank ; in conse-quence of the angular position of the piston-rod the wear of thecylinder would be greater on one side than the other, but this mayhe avoided by giving to the latter an inclined position. It will beperceived that this jieculiarity of the piston is of great advantage,especially for horizontal engines, as the u-eiylit of the piston wouldbe supported by the jiressure, and consequently prevent an un-equalizing wear of the cylinder and piston, which in common hori-zontal engines cannot be avoided ; hence the vibrating piston-rodis particularly ailapt^d lor the screw-propeller and locomotive en-gines. To prevent an unnecessary waste of steam, the sjiacebetween the ]iiston and the cylinder cover, where the former is onthe tiq) stroke, as shown by the dotted lines, may be filled up withhard wood and bolted to the cylinder cover. PALMEKS IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS PLATE 184,8.] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL.
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