Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist" (1908)
Porter, Charles T. (Charles Talbot), 1826-1910 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 332
plying this inven-tion to poppet valves, Mr. Sickels prevented these valves fromstriking their seats by his invention of the dash-pot, in whichhe availed himself of the incompressibility, the indestructibilityand the divisibility of water, and which is now employed for thispurpose in all such… … James Moore THE COMMITTEE OF REVISION 255 vessels, the steersmen turning the wheel precisely as in steeringby hand, but all the force being exerted by the steam. Charles T. Porter, Reporting Judge.Approval of Group Judges, Horatio Allen, Chas. E. Emery, Emil Brugsch,F. Reuleaux, N. Petroff. After…
