Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 56
Fig. 30. packing is often made square in cross section and divided diago-nally into two parts so that when the gland is screwed down thepacking is pushed out squarely against the rod. Metallic packing is often used in the stuffing boxes of steamengines, but requires a good alignment of the piston…
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