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 593
the hemp, and also in some degree upon the temperature and pressure 689 ENGINE, VARIETIES OF THE STEAM. of the steam itself. Another form consists of a single ring with a tongue joint, as shown in thefigure. Closely allied to the above is what we may term the second variety of (his species, an… … F Scale.—1 inch=l foot. giving the requisite spring is to turn the packing rings a little largerthan the diameter Of the cylinder, and when sawn through to cut atenon and mortise, or a half check in the abutting ends, and then tocompress the ring by an iron hoop with screws, and to fix it…
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