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An oscillating cylinder steam engine is a variant of the simple expansion steam engine which does not require valves to direct steam into and out of the cylinder. Instead of valves, the entire cylinder rocks, or oscillates, such that one or more holes in the cylinder line up with holes in a fixed port face or in the pivot mounting ( trunnion ).
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A Steam engine is an external combustion engine that derives motion from the thermal expansion or condensation of steam Wikimedia Commons has media related to Steam engines . Subcategories
In 1857 he first lists himself as a ‘news agent & ship modeller’. Only when he moved to 22 Aldgate in 1865 did he cease his news agency to focus on ship models alone. Three years later, in 1868, he finally expanded into ‘steam engines and all the separate parts’. It was only then that ‘Stevens Model Dockyard’ was fully established.
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Original - A cutaway of a steam locomotive, with a numerical guide to the parts. Full guide at Steam locomotive components. Reason Here be a beautiful illustration of the inner workings of a steam locomotive, albeit with some parts present and missing due to engineering difference between the various types of steam locomotives throughout the years.
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