Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 54
spring in the ring,since it is larger than the cyhnder, keeps it pressed outward againstthe walls of the cylinder and prevents steam from leaking pastit. When a single ring is used, a chp is placed at the cut in thering to prevent steam from leaking through, as shown in Fig.26a, but when the piston…
Steam-engines
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