Stationary steam engines; especially as adapted to electric lighting purposes (1884)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 39
dash-pot. When the valve is suddenly closed, somedevice is necessary to prevent jar at the instant of its com- ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. 3I ing to rest. This device is the dash-pot. The form adoptedby Corliss consists of a shallow cup into which a piston onthe valve stem fits, cushioning the…
Steam-engines
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