First recorded in 1790–1800
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It consists of a large cylindrical steam chest and two lower water-chambers, Yarrow. connected by numerous straight tubes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
“There’s something twisted around the steam chest, Mr. Fogg.”
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen
A. Because steam must first pass through superheat units before it enters the steam pipes leading to steam chest.
From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous
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.
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
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.
The tubes are of two sizes, the two lower rows and the return tubes between the back headers and steam-chest being 315⁄16 in. outside diameter, and the remaining tubes 113⁄16 in.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
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
The cut-off valve is behind the main valve: the mechanism for operating the valves is on the outside of the steam-chest, and easily accessible.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various
There is also a valve or air-cock in the steam-chest, under the control of the engineer.
From Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works by Baird, Matthew
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