An entirely new form of valve for steam engines, invented by F. D. Child, Manager of the Hinckley Locomotive Works, in which the ports run entirely around the cylinder, and are opened and closed by annular pistons working inside the cylinder itself.
Child's patent piston valve in steam engine
RR Eng Jour
1889
Article (Journal)
English
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