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 590
butis put in with pins; and the slot is on the incline, to prevent a rut in the cylinder. The tongue-pieces,of this and the preceding variety, are of course ground in, a piece being ground on the back to preventthe steam from passing. This species of piston ring is probably among the best yet… … Fig. 1557 represents the piston often used for cylindrical slide-valves. By raising or lowering the§crew, if will be evident that the rings are compressed or expanded. A flat place is of course cast inthe huriv of the piston to leave room for the bridle.
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