, placed near the bottom of the boiler. This piperises to a, and turning in the horizontal direction, a c, is con-ducted to a tank t, which contains exactly a ton of water. Thispipe communicates with the tank by a cock D, governed by alever h. When this lever is moved to d, the cock d is open,… … connection with the lever h, so that it shall be opened when thelever h is drawn to the position f, the cock d being closed in allpositions of the lever between k and f. Thus, whenever thecock f communicating with the sea is open, the cock d communi-cating with the boiler is closed, and vice versa,…
Steam-engines · Steam-navigation · Locomotives
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