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
lo the drum-axle is turned (in the direction of the arrow) the groove in the small cylinder receivessuccessively each piston; thus affording room for its passage, and at the same time by the contact o(the edge of the piston with its curved part, preventing water from passing. As the machine is…
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