CHAPTER VI.

DOUBLE-ACTING STEAM ENGINE.

The Single-acting Engine unfit to impel Machinery. -- Various

Contrivances to adapt it to this Purpose. -- Double-Cylinder. --

Double-acting Cylinder. -- Various modes of connecting the Piston

with the Beam. -- Rack and Sector. -- Double Chain. -- Parallel

Motion. -- Crank. -- Sun and Planet Motion. -- Fly Wheel. --

Governor. 91

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