link motion
Britishnoun
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Diagrams taken from engines worked in this manner show a very excellent result, and most of the modern engines trust for their expansive working to the link motion and the throttle valve.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.
The ordinary mechanism employed to enable a stationary engine to be reversed or run in either direction is the Stephenson link motion.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The high pressure valves are of the piston type, all being worked by the ordinary link motion and eccentrics.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 by Various
The first class of apparatus has not been found so manageable, and is not in extensive use, except in that form known as the link motion.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.
The valves of the high-pressure and intermediate cylinders were of the piston type, and the low-pressure cylinder had double-ported slide valves, fitted with Stephenson link motion.
From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British
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