File:Steam valves used during the Cornish Cycle.jpg
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English: A single acting Cornish pumping engine. Steam is initially admitted through valve A, and exhausted through valve C, as the piston descends. On the upward stroke A and C are closed and valve B, the equilibrium valve, allows steam to flow from the top of the cylinder to the bottom. |
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| Source | Figure 373 on page 318 of Steam-Engine Theory and Practice by William Ripper, published by Longmans, Green and Co of London in 1899. Taken from the copy digitised by Google. |
| Author | Unknown author |
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| current | 17:26, 2 May 2020 | | 769 × 831 (120 KB) | Kewnut | Uploaded a work by Unknown from Figure 373 on page 318 of Steam-Engine Theory and Practice by William Ripper, published by Longmans, Green and Co of London in 1899. Taken from the copy digitised by Google. with UploadWizard |
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