A catechism of the steam engine in its various applications to mines, mills, steam navigation, railways, and agriculture. With practical instructions for the manufacture and management of engines of every class (1864)
Bourne, John · New York, D. Appleton & co. · leaf 362
t of a Steam Cylinder, thepiston rod of which, carried through into the water cylinderand attached directly to the water plunger, works back andforth without rotary motion, and of course without using eithercrank or fly wheel. In the figures, a is the Steam Cylinder—Z>, the Steam Chest—d, a… … —h, the double-acting water plunger working through a pack-ing ring—o, o, force valves—*?, o, suction valves. The pumppiston is represented as moving from right to left, the arrowsindicating the course of the water through the passages. Thesuction valves 6, on the right side, and the force valves…
Steam engineering · Steam-engines
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