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1878 Article-E. R. & F. Turner, "Gippeswicke" Horizontal Steam Engine |
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International Exhibition at Paris, 1878, pg. 134 |
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1/30/2015 8:46:46 PM |
This engine, as the name implies, is constructed on the same principle as the vertical Gippeswicke engine, described in Figs. 219 and 220, and as it is perfectly self-contained, requires no attachment to the building, being fixed to the floor only, on wood, stone or brick pedestals.
The fixing can be done by any intelligent laborer. It is only necessary to set the engine level, bolt it down, and make the steam, feed, and exhaust pipe connections.
No strain of any kind is thrown on the foundations which carry the weight only. The thrust between piston and crank shaft is taken up by the framing of the engine.
The fly-wheel can be fixed on either end of the crank shaft, so that the engine may be used as a right or left hand engine, at option.
The engine packs easily for transit by rail or for shipment. It requires no dismounting, and is ready at once to be put to work when unpacked.
The patent "globe" governor is combined with the starting valve, which acts also as a throttle valve. The ordinary governor balls are enclosed in a hollow sphere, which rises and falls as the balls expand or contract by increase or diminution of speed. The rise of the hollow sphere closes the steam supply valve to the cylinder and checks the speed, while its weight causes it at once to drop and re-open the supply valve at the instant the speed is in the slightest degree diminished. The governor therefore acts and re-acts instantly on the steam supply, ensuring at the same time regularity of speed, economy in the use of steam, with a corresponding economy in fuel consumption. It is driven by gearing from the crank shaft and is very sensitive.
The feed pump is driven by a separate eccentric
Price.—Two horse-power £34; 8 horsepower £84. |
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1878 E. R. & F. Turner, "Gippeswicke" Horizontal Steam Engine
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