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 539
Eves patent rotary steam-engine and pmnp.—Within a cylindrical case a solid or hollow drum A,Fig. 8136, is made to revolve, the sides of which are fitted to move close to those of the case. Threeprojecting pieces or pistons, of the same width as the drum, are secured to or cast on its…
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