Synopsis
Slide Valve Gears: A New Graphical Method For Analyzing The Action Of Slide Valves, Moved By Eccentrics, Link-Motions And Cut-Off Gears, Offering Easy Means For Properly Designing Valves And Valve-Gears, And For Establishing The Comparative Merits Of Their Various Constructions by Hugo Bilgram. This nineteenth-century engineering treatise presents a comprehensive graphical approach to studying the action of slide valves and their gear, based on a modification of Zeuner’s diagram. It demonstrates how valve gears influence steam distribution, expansion, compression, lead, and timing, and provides methods for determining port widths, lap, and the angular advance. The book explains the Common Slide Valve in depth, including its valve diagram, velocity, and practical applications, and then examines reversing gears (Stephenson and Gooch link motions) and their suspensions, equalization of lead, and irregularities. It also surveys independent cut-off gears (Gonzenbach, Meyer, Link Expansion, Bilgram) and culminates in a systematized graphical framework for designing valves, evaluating constructions, and solving related problems. The original publication year is 1878.
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