The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 139
e reversed. The one formerly over the exhaust now opensto the live steam and vice versa. Thus the steam is admitted alternately at bothsides of the piston, and so the engine continues to work. VI,—Model Boilers and their Construction. A few words on model boilers and their construction will now be… … Fig. 5. MODEL STEAM-ENGINES, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM. 135 particulars of their construction have been omitted. It is not an easy task makinga steam boiler, and in most cases it will be found cheapest in the end to purchaseready made. The materials most generally used are brass and copper; sometimes…
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