Book Description

Excerpt from Valves and Valve-Gearing: A Practical Text-Book for the Use of Engineers, Draughtsmen, and Students The want of a second edition of this work has given occasion to correct a few errors, both in the text and illustrations. The last two years have produced little change in the design of Valve Gear. The most noticeable feature is the growing tendency to place the Corliss valve in the covers, rather than at the top and bottom of the cylinder. Messrs. Turner, of Ipswich, have dispensed with trip gear on their Corliss engines, and employ a crank shaft governor to regulate the expansion. This appears to be a step in the right direction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.