THE STEAM ENGINE. of its heat preparatory to being once more put in circulationthrough the machine. Another method of arranging a self-regulating feeder is shownin fig. 5. A is a hollow ball of metal attached to the end of alever, whese fulcrum is at b. The other arm of the lever c isconnected with… … tube which receives water from the feeding cistern. Thus, whenthe level of the water in the boiler subsides, the ball A prepon-derating over the weight of the opposite arm, the lever falls, thearm c rises and opens the valve, and admits the feeding water.8 SAFETY VALVE. This apparatus will…
Steam-engines · Steam-navigation · Locomotives
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