Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 592
alve T, and thus drive the larger hydraulic plungerG forward. This is done by opening the valve 2] when the steampasses from the cylinder B into the cylinder A, driving the pistonF, and consequently its plunger G, forward until the pressure inthe two steam-cylinders is in equilibrium, which of… … »Wi^^^^^^^^™^^^^^^™sPiPPiM« Tfalls by its own weight; and the valve P being opened, fresh steam from the boiler is admitted tothe back of the piston F, driving forward the smaller plunger H, any steam on the front side of thispiston being exhausted direct into the atmosphere. The increased pressure…
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