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 597
lsprings. This is, on the whole, one of the best marinepistons. The ring, however, in wearing, deranges the joint between the ring and the small segment-piece. The joint opens at each end, so that the only contact comes to be at the central point, which isa defect. Fig. 1554 shows plan and section… … Scalk.J— inch=l loot.
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