ENGINE No. 96. 



Diagrams 96# and 966 are from the head end of a Corliss 

 condensing engine, 20" x 48" running at a speed of 60 rev- 

 olutions per minute. 



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80- 

 60- 

 40- 

 20- 





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100- 

 80- 

 60- 

 4O- 

 20- 



0- 

 10- 



This engine is one of a pair ; but when these diagrams were 

 taken, the second cylinder was out of use, and the throttle 

 valve closed. The main pipe here is 10" in diameter and 33' 

 in length. The branches are 6" in diameter, and the one lead- 

 ing to the left-hand cylinder is 10' in length, and that to the 

 right-hand cylinder 15' in length. Each of these branches 

 has two short right-angle elbows. The diagrams were taken 

 from the leftrhand cylinder. Diagram 96a was taken when the 

 steam was passing through the pipe above referred to. When 



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