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 66
171a. THE ST. JOHNS STEAMMETER.—An automatic recordingmeter of the amount of steam passingthrough it for all purposes. The lift-ing of a conical valve by differentialpressure operates a marking indexthrough the lever on a small transfershaft through the projecting arm fromthe cylinder. See detailed… … 171b. DETAILS OF THE ST.JOHNS STEAM METER.—Thelifting of the conical valve by differ-ential pressure allows the requiredquantity of steam to pass through theannular area, which is the measure un-der the initial pressure. The valvelift is recorded on a strip of papermoved by a clock; the mean of…
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