First recorded in 1790–1800
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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
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
On the other hand it affords a facility for setting the valve without having the steam chest open, which may in some cases be desirable.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
A similar template and bush is provided for drilling the holes in the steam chest face on the cylinder, and in the steam chest itself.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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.
We didn't know he was in the pit, and we pulled the steam-chest lever.
From By Right of Conquest A Novel by Hornblow, Arthur
The headers are bolted to socket-pieces which are riveted to the bottom of the steam-chest, so that any element may be easily removed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
The cylindrical appendages to the furnaces of a steam-ship: the funnel is fastened on the top of the steam-chest, where the flues for both boilers meet.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
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
The steam-chest holes should then be tapped and the ports marked out and chipped and filed to the lines, such lines being marked as described in the remarks on lining out work.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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