In reply to your question, "no", but didn't some of them have semi-rotary valves? Al Messer --- alanjstepney <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As far as I am aware, all the early stationary > engines used slide valves. > Later ones sometimes used piston valves on the HP > cylinder, usually with > slide valves for the LP cylinder. > > I dont think any used just piston valves until the > got to the enclosed > verticals later in their development. > > Am I correct? > > Does anyone know of any early single cylinder > stationary engines that had > piston valves? > > > alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > www.alanstepney.info > Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway > technical pages. > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.