Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · 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 ofthe edge of the piston with its curved part, preventing water from passing. As the machine is…
Mechanical engineering
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