Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 351
-tact-surfaces would make a solid piston fit loosely in the boreafter a certain time and permit leakage. If the piston leaks,steam passes directly from the inlet to the exhaust-pipe, andso to waste without doing work. This increases the consump-tion of steam per horse-power and the consumption of… … Fig. 237. known as the boring-machine had been invented, the cylinderwas cast as nearly cylindrical as possible and smoothed byhand. A joint between the piston and the cylinder was madeby coiling a plaited square gasket of hemp-fibre or junk intoa wide groove formed in the piston. This gasket was…
Mechanical engineering · Steam power plants
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