Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 364
Fig. 246.tion, the rod will draw water out with it past the packing bya sort of capillary action. Combinations of asbestos-fibre, CYLINDER, PISTON, AND PISTON-ROD. 309 which is not affected by heat, have given great satisfaction instuffing-boxes, but exceeding care must be used, both inmanufacture… … Fig. 247. To make a more mechanical method of packing whichshould last longer and resist both heat and pressure, a widevariety of metallic packings has been made. The principleof such packings is to have a series of split rings whoseexterior surfaces slope alternately from and towards the rod,so…
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