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 651
r description, is represented, only the steam-cylinder with its valve-gear being shown.The steam-chest consists of a sub-cylinder E K\ with two pistons D J), joined together and withthe main valve. The sub-cylinder has its own steam-chest and a valve F, which admits steam to thesub-cylinder, and… … other, and is provided with a stop-cock L, which when wide open allows the piston to be moved atany speed, as the oil is easily displaced; but when the cock is partially closed, the displacementof the oil will require a certain time. The oil-piston is attached by a rod to the auxiliary…
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