First recorded in 1790–1800
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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.
A. Would loosen up the steam chest cover to free the sides, and wedge between the studs and walls of chest, crowding the broken parts together.
From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous
A fall in the steam line could arise from too small a steam pipe, and this could be tested by a diagram taken from the steam chest.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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
A center punch mark is then made upon the face of the steam chest.
This here leetle wad o' cotton was under me steam-chest.
From Sundown Slim by Fischer, Anton Otto
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
The hand wheel and rod to the right are to operate the stop-cock for turning on and off the steam to the steam-chest.
From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Rose, Joshua
It consists of a horizontal cylindrical steam-chest placed transversely over a group of elements, beneath which is the fire, the whole being enclosed in an iron casing lined with firebrick.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
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)
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