cylinder barrel
Britishnoun
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"Moreover," said a Ford engineer last week, "$10,000 worth of centrifugal dies will turn out as many cylinder barrel blanks as a $110,000 forging hammer."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Cut out cylinder barrel, piston, and valve tube.
From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald
The water-cooled area of the cylinder barrel was increased by nearly ten percent but the head remained only partially cooled.
From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.
With the separate cylinder barrel they were now almost committed to a three-piece cylinder.
From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.
Since this position was determined by a metal-to-metal jam fit of the crankcase and cylinder barrel flange, the barrel would reassemble with the holes in very nearly the same relative position after disassembly.
From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.
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