Main Slide-Valve and Throttle-Valve for Steam-Engines.

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Patent for a simple main slide-valve and throttle-valve for steam-engines. The throttle valve is a flat plat and slides in a channel between the valve seat and the cylinder head. The twin engine cylinders are horizontally placed at the same height as the throttle valve. The main slide valve "affords a complete and superior valve mechanism for a quick speed steam engine" (lines 29-30).

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[2], 3 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Devoissaud, John P. December 4, 1894.

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Patent for a simple main slide-valve and throttle-valve for steam-engines. The throttle valve is a flat plat and slides in a channel between the valve seat and the cylinder head. The twin engine cylinders are horizontally placed at the same height as the throttle valve. The main slide valve "affords a complete and superior valve mechanism for a quick speed steam engine" (lines 29-30).

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[2], 3 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Application filed June 26, 1894. Serial No. 515,749. (No model.)

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Devoissaud, John P. Main Slide-Valve and Throttle-Valve for Steam-Engines., patent, December 4, 1894; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth173871/: accessed September 9, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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