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 526
om the top of the tube in the interior of the boiler, is calculated to prevent the water fromboiling down through the tube, as it sometimes will do. if the boiler be too full. The downward turnof the tube at the lower end does not appear calculated to be of service. A small screw plug is placedon… … 51C ENGINES, DETAILS OF.
Mechanical engineering
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