First recorded in 1790–1800
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The steam in the jacket should be received direct from the boiler, and should not be drawn from the jacket into the steam chest because the jacket reduces its temperature and condenses it.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
His inspection would commence by first lining up the wheels with straight journals; then he would naturally be conducted to the boiler, steam chest, shafts, and every part that belongs to a completed engine.
From Philosophy of Osteopathy by Still, A. T. (Andrew Taylor)
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.
While, however, the cylinder is in position to have the holes for the steam chest studs drilled, the cylinder ports may be cut as follows:— Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The evaporator consists of a horizontal cylindrical vapor compartment connected with an inclined cylindrical steam chest in which are numerous tubes, or flues, that occupy almost the whole chest.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
Foley, clinging with one hand to a headlight bracket, dropped down on the steam-chest and swung far out.
From The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)
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 Thurston, Robert H.
This here leetle wad o' cotton was under me steam-chest.
From Sundown Slim by Fischer, Anton Otto
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
Then I approached a station where the fireman always went out to the cowcatcher, opened the oil-cup on the steam-chest, and poured oil in.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis
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