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 327
320 CORNISH ENGINE. … CORNISH ENGINE. 321 down. But tie inlet valve before c, is closed, and the only exit for the water is by the aperture leftround the regulating plug d. It is evident therefore that the interval between the time the tappet gleaves the cataract lever, and the commencement of the next stroke, depends…
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