Steam engines; a thorough and practical presentation of modern steam engine practice (1917)
Ludy, Llewellyn V., 1875-, American Technical Society · Chicago, American technical society · leaf 23
. After the joints are well groundthe heads are tightly drawn up against the cylinder by means ofbolts suitably arranged. A sheet iron jacket 19 is put around thecylinder, leaving an air space 21 between the cylinder walls and thejacket. This air space retards the cooling off of the cylinder… … Fig. 9. Piston, Showing Piston Rings for Making Steam-Tight Joint3 sometimes done by builders of stationary engines. It should benoted also, that the back cylinder head has an air space for the samereason as that given for the space surrounding the cylinder. Sincecondensation does take place in the…
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