Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 622
ing of a small cup pierced in the bottom, which receives part of the overflowing <>il from the wicks, and is capable,when full, of balancing a weight place 1 at the opposite end of ;i lever. The moment the machinerythe cup ceases to receive the supply of oil, and, the remainder running out at… … R-
Mechanical engineering
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