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 528
hes deep at the circumference, and 11 \ inches at the centre formed of cast-iron 1J inch thick, stiffened by radiating feathers. ENGINES, DETAILS OF. 52s j, the external packing-rings, of cast-iron, 2 J inches deep, on Goodfellows patent construction. Thes6rings are turned concentric, and each,… … IL^-Jil I H i 1 ! j A. and I represent the thick and thin ends of the inner eccentric V-shuped ring, of cast-iron, which, Dy.ts elasticity, presses the two external rings against the cylinder, thus forming a steam-tight joint. Therequisite elasticity is given to this ring by forming in it a series…
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