First recorded in 1790–1800
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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)
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
If the length of the piece of wire measured direct from point to point is known, the valve may be set when the engine is upon the road without taking off the steam chest cover.
Two pits away, Reddy MacQuigan, with a black scowl on his face, leaned against the steam chest of the 1004.
From The Night Operator by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)
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
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 Rose, Joshua
Little dishes of baked beans stand hot and ready in the steam-chest.
From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher
They are situated between the tubes and the steam-chest, and are exposed to the heat of the furnace gases after their first passage across the tubes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
A view of the steam-chest side of the cylinder is given in Figure 323, and a horizontal cross section of the cylinder, the steam-chest and the valves, is shown in Figure 324.
From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught 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.
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