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valve gear

mechanism that operates the inlet and exhaust valves of a steam engine
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valve gear

Summary

valve gear is a machine element[1]. It draws 106 Wikipedia views per month (machine_element category, ranking #9 of 30).[2]

Key Facts

  • valve gear's image is recorded as Stephenson link valvegear (Army Service Corps Training, Mechanical Transport, 1911).jpg[3].
  • valve gear's instance of is recorded as machine element[4].
  • valve gear's subclass of is recorded as feed-forward control[5].
  • valve gear's part of is recorded as steam engine[6].
  • valve gear's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02t53c[7].
  • valve gear's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • valve gear's described by source is recorded as Ein Knabe als Erfinder[9].
  • valve gear's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 13544384[10].

Body

Geography

valve gear's part of is recorded as steam engine[6].

Designation and Status

valve gear's instance of is recorded as machine element[4].

Why It Matters

valve gear draws 106 Wikipedia views per month (machine_element category, ranking #9 of 30).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). valve gear. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/valve-gear
MLA “valve gear.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/valve-gear.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_valve-gear_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{valve gear}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/valve-gear}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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