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 646
tervention of a crank, fly-wheel, or any other device for producing rotary motion. The steam-cylin-der S is in all respects similar to that of an ordinary high-pressure engine, with the parts as usuallyconstructed for the admission and emission of the steam. The rod of the piston which traverses…
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