The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 347
f the rod is fixed onwith a screwed nut. n, A stuffing-box, made of two pieces of sandstone, batted together,with a circular cast-iron cover bolted to the stones ; the box is stuffed withlint and a little tallow, to prevent the heat and steam from passing fromthe one pit into the other. The pipes… … Memoirs of the Caledonian Horticultural Society. 335 ing the pipes, with openings left between each piece. The pillars must beso placed that they shall not intercept the steam issuing from the blow-holes. This cover prevents any pressure of the stones upon the pipes.Were this not attended to, the…
