Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise .. (1916)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago, F.J. Drake & company · leaf 579
sight-feed glass,whence it flows through the discharge pipe to the cylinder. The construction and operation of this class of lubrica- 566 Steam Engineering tors will be better understood by reference to Figures 226and 227. Figure 226 is an exterior view of the well-knownDetroit sight-feed… … Fig. 223exterior view detroit lubricator 226 is opened, the water in the condenser will pass downthe pipe P to the bottom of the lubricator, and, beingheavier than oil, will stay at the bottom, the oil floatingabove it. The pipe S Figure 227 leads from the lowersight-feed arm to the upper part of…
