Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853- [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 344
fibre also has beenpopular. Packings of this class are laid in the stuffing-boxin a spiral coil, the thickness of the packing material beingstandardized to standard dimensions of the space in thestuffing-box which the packing is to fill. Packings of one- CYLINDER, PISTON, AND PISTON-KOD. 307 half,… … Fig. 245. with high heats. Oxidation and abrasion of the fibre underpressure and heat and a hardening of the rubber under heatmake it necessary to renew the packings frequently, and theyhave but a relatively short life of entire tightness. Thistrouble is particularly present in vertical engines…
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