cross-compound
Americanadjective
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Photo: Roy AttawayWilliams' charge is an authentic steamboat with a 2,000-hp cross-compound steam engine driving a 28-foot-diameter paddle wheel.
From Time Magazine Archive
The largest was a 32 by 20 by 30-in., two-stage, cross-compound, direct-connected to a Fort Wayne 480 h.p.,
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158 by James H. Brace
A. These are diagramatic views of a cross-compound compressor.
From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous
Q. How many cylinders have the cross-compound compressor?
From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous
In the case of a cross-compound engine, a receiver is always used.
From Steam Engines Machinery's Reference Series, Number 70 by Anonymous
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