Mechanical movements, powers and devices; a treatise describing mechanical movements and devices used in constructive and operative machinery and the mechanical arts, being practically a mechanical dictionary, commencing with a rudimentary description of the early known mechanical powers and detailing the various motions, appliances and inventions used in the mechanical arts to the present time, including a chapter on straight line movements, by Gardner D. Hiscox (1914)
Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, 1822?-1908 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 181
633. PISTON HYDRAULICAIR COMPRESSOR, Dubois &Francois model. Water was con-stantly injected into the cylinderto cool the air, the excess beingdischarged through the air valves.An early type. 634. TROMPE OR HYDRAULICAIR BLAST.—One of the early devicesfor furnishing an air blast to a forge.The…
Mechanical movements
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