Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 108
ways accessible. If hot air is ever expected to be used, provision shouldRe made in the laving for expansion and contraction by resting them upon rollers, (short pieces ofthree-inch iron pipe answer very well,) on a smooth foundation. It is impossible, in the conditions ofapplication, to avoid… … compensation-joint is inserted ; this frequently consists of an end ofa pipe movable in a stuffing box. The plan represented i i.2371 is preferable to it. This is a con ; two round dishes of sheet-iron, or copper, 20 or 30 inches in dieter, according to the size of the pipe, riveted…
Mechanical engineering
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