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The mechanical engineering of power plants (1906)

Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 452

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M-BOILER. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION. 39/ movable head is then allowed to exert its force endwise uponthe rivet, upsets and heads it, and is then retracted. The steam-riveter shown in Fig. 329 has a piston oflarge area, which receives a relatively light pressure of steamor air upon each square inch .of… … Fig. 330. to retract the piston before the exhaust occurs from the frontside. The hydraulic riveter uses a plunger of small area,exposed to a water-pressure of considerable amount, perhaps250 to 350 pounds or more per square inch, so that a muchless area under greater pressure does the same work as…

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