Stationary steam engines, simple and compound; especially as adapted to light and power plants (1899)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, J. Wiley & Sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 51
dash-pot. When the valve is suddenly closed, somedevice is necessary to prevent jar at the instant of its com- ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. 31 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…
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