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 927
hinge, or sometimes edge to edge. In the latter position there isless interference with the movement of the fluid. The flap is sometimes entirely of brass, as in thecase of air-pump foot-valves, where leather would not be sufficiently durable. Valves of this kindare most commonly lifted by the… … 4166
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