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 504
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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