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This article was originally published with the title “ Improved Slide Valve for Steam Engines ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 13 No. 38 (May 1858), p. 304 doi:10.1038 ...

A simple slide valve is used, allowing steam to flow to one side of the piston and the other alternately, as driven by an arm coming off the flywheel attached to the engine’s output shaft.

Steam engine makers have been- occupied ! Jor the last five or six years in discovering j plans for manufacturing steam, ... The slide valve is worked by an eccentric on -this shaft, ...

To obtain a thorough insight into the movements of slide-valves, and to completely understand the distribution of steam, is generally a difficult matter to first-year students and engineering ...

Steam engines and diesel engines have a lot in common. First off, they share the same blood, ... Also, because of the valve design, the engine starts without the need of a starter motor. 4.