First recorded in 1790–1800
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In such a case additional oil should be fed to the steam chest until the valves are properly lubricated.
From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous
During the live steam period there is also loss from condensation in the cylinder, but this is made up for by steam from the steam chest.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
This plan is a very old one and possesses the advantage that the valve may be set without seeing it, that is to say, with the steam chest cover on.
One end of this wire is placed in the fixed center punch mark in the steam chest, and with the other a mark is made upon the slide spindle.
The heat of the steam chest warms the type, and quickly dries the pulpy paper and the plaster of Paris.
From Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls by Anonymous
In this device the steam-chest was separated by a horizontal plate into an upper and a lower compartment.
From Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works by Baird, Matthew
To guide the tap when tapping the cylinder cover and steam-chest holes the guide stand s, shown in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
It involves the steam-chest and the slide-valve, and all other kinds of steam valves that have been invented, including the Corliss cut-off, and all others that are akin to it in object and action.
From Steam, Steel and Electricity by Steele, James W.
It is the duty of this pump to convey oil from the lubricating tank M into the steam feed-pipe just before it enters the steam-chest.
From Boys' Book of Model Boats by Yates, Raymond F. (Raymond Francis)
The back headers are each connected at their upper ends by means of two long horizontal tubes with the steam-chest, the bottom ends of the headers being closed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
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