A Dictionary of science, literature, and art [electronic resource]: comprising the history, description, and scientific principles of every branch of human knowledge; with the derivation and definition of all the terms in general use (1844)
Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866, Cauvin, Joseph · New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 1185
reforeplaced below the cylinder, and is driven by the pistons bymeans of a cross head attached to the piston rod, from theends of which the rods of the parallel motion (sec SteamEngine) are carried downwards to the end of the beam.From the other end of the beam the connecting rod is pre-sented… … placed in a steam vessel. The sleepers of oak supportingthe engine are represented at X; the base of the engine issecured to these by bolts passing through them and the bot-tom timbers of the vessel. S is the steam pipe leading fromthe steam chest in the boiler to the slides c, by which it…
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