steam chest
noun
the chamber from which steam enters the cylinder of an engine.
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steam-chestnouna chamber that encloses the slide valve of a steam engine and forms a manifold for the steam supply to the valve
steam chest
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steam-chest
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Etymology
Origin of steam chest
First recorded in 1790–1800
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The center punch mark upon the steam chest should, however, always be placed in about the same spot, so as to avoid mistakes in case of there being other similar marks upon the chest.
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
A center punch mark is then made upon the face of the steam chest.
An alternative plan is to pass the water through pipes placed in a steam chest.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
But in the vast, corroded frame he quickly picked out a steam chest, cylinder, and the great hammer, weighing many tons.
From The Pygmy Planet by Jack Williamson
Additional connexions are made by nearly vertical tubes between this cross-pipe and the bottom of the steam-chest.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
Little dishes of baked beans stand hot and ready in the steam-chest.
From Pipefuls by Christopher Morley
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 James W. Steele
To test the set of the valve, the steam-chest cover must be taken off, the crank placed alternately on each dead centre, and the lead measured for each port.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Steam from the boilers enters the high-pressure steam-chest, x, and is admitted by the steam-valve alternately above and below the piston as usual.
From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Robert H. Thurston
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