A manual of the mechanics of engineering and of the construction of machines. Designed as a text-book for technical schools and colleges, and for the use of engineers, architects, etc. (1878)
Weisbach, Julius Ludwig, 1806-1871, Du Bois, A. Jay (Augustus Jay), 1849-1915, Buel, Richard H. (Richard Hooker), b. 1842 · New York. J. Wiley & Sons, 1878- · leaf 217
r. § 4-25.—New Feed Apparatus.—In recent times, insteadof the ordinary feed apparatus with feed pump, variousself-acting arrangements have been devised. Among 204 HEAT, STEAM, AND STEAM ENGINES. [§ 425- others, we have the feed apparatus of Auld, of Jolly, andof Briere, and especially of Giffard.… … S is fastened by the adjustable rod 5 /. to a lever D E whichturns about D, and whose further end is attached to a float.The piston K raises the valve V by means of the rods KBand H V. The weight G counterpoises the float (not shownin the figure). As this float sinks, owing to lack of waterin the…
Mechanics, Applied · Mechanical engineering
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