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 565
d is caused to revolve therein by the pressure of the steam, which is applied behind it, or on the sideF, whilst a vacuum is made before it, or on the side G. The piston being connected with a centralplate G, which is fixed fast upon the axis or shaft H, the said shaft is put in motion; and by… … EXGIXE, VARIETIES OF THE STEAM. 56c produce the rotary motion is as follows:—Two valves or sliders, K and L, are applied at the oppositesides of the annular passage or cylinder E E in the manner represented in Figs. 1483 and 1485. Theedge cf the central plate G, which has the projecting arm to…
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