Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · Boston, Small, Maynard and company · leaf 64
ry smoothly and yetclose enough to prevent the steam from leaking £ A Simple Piston Steam Engine 49 past it, the making of the piston is a most par-ticular job. Since the inside of the cylinder is % inch indiameter, the piston must be nearly the same size.Take a piece of brass about %2 inch thick… … PISTON Fig. 24 B. The Piston and Piston Rod until it is a perfect circle and fits the bore of thecylinder accurately. You can make the piston rod of a straight pieceof iron wire Vs inch thick and 2% inches long; fileoff the sides of one end a little and then drill a/46-inch hole through it %6 inch…
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