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 703
avy pistonand riveting ram are made to do the work by the combined effort of steam-pressure and momentum.The ram and piston are of wrought iron in one solid forging, and weigh when finished over one ton.With the increased weight of the riveting ram a less diameter of steam cylinder is needed. Thus,… … steam-boiler, and yet requires a shorter stroke, thus using less steam to accomplish the same result.In practice, it has been found that for locomotive boilers using |-inch rivets about 60 lbs. pressureper square inch does the best work. In Fig. 3682, the frame A carries the bolster-die B. D is a…
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