The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 98
ry to remark that the block a is provided with a groove toadmit the nibs of the s])ring-plates, as seen in figs. 1, and 2. The construction of the framing for supporting and guiding thevarious parts of this machine does not require to be particularlyreferred to, being well understood by any… … Fig. I. Pig. 2. Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section, and fig. 2 a transverse section ofthe hydrant. Tlie improvement is in making the branch c projectso far through the body of the valve b, as to form its own face forthe valve a to shut against. The projecting end of the branch c,is truly faced in the…
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