The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 485
the joint was packed with hempandtallow, and surrounded with a gland to pre-vent the packiny being forced out by thesteam. It is very evident from this de-scription, that we have a packing very si-milar to that round a pistiin rod, and inconsequence of llie bead being cut away, avery low pressure… … 7851b., consequently, if the pipe was not strapped down, it is very evidentthat the elbow pipe would be lifted out of its socket in the manner the acci-dent is represented to have occuired. There appears to be some astonishmentexhibited by all paities at the inquest at the bead being cut away and…
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