Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 326
s descended nearly to the bottom of its stroke, a tappet g, upon thelower part of it strikes the end of. the lever and thus raises the plunger, the water entering freely throughthe valve c. When the stroke is finished, and the plug rod begins to ascend, the tappet g quits the lever,and the weight… … 320 CORNISH ENGINE.
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