The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 93
ston. The adoption of this variable blast may also be con-sidered as an extra security, for by keeping the internal regulatingcone of the blast pipe closed, while an engine is required to remainstationary, no danger could arise from the accidental opening of theregulator. Explanation of the… … Fig. 2. Plan of the orifice of the blast pipe, showing the regulatinginternal cone B, with its three guide ribs 6, 6, b,upon an enlarged scale; A, smoke box; B, regulat-ing cone of the variable blast; 6, b, b, three thinribs or feathers, attached to the regulating cone B,for the purpose of keeping…
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