Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 503
theside of the hot-well. An arrangement of this kind is showniwFig. 1437. Of the two side nozzles, the lower one leads tothe pump and the upper one to the boiler. The pipe leadingto the pump is a suction-pipe when the plunger ascends, and aforcing-pipe when the plunger descends. The plunger, in… … ENGINES, DETAILS OF. 501 •eed-cock be shut, so as to prevent any feed-water from passing through it, the water will raise the top-most valve, which is loaded to pressure considerably above the pressure of the steam, and escape into thehot-well. This arrangement is neater and less expensive than…
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