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Definition of Steam chest
1. Noun. The chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steam Chest
Literary usage of Steam chest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"Description of the steam chest and Ports.—In order that the piston may be made
... In (a) is shown a sectional view of a steam cylinder C, steam chest A", ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"It consists of a horizontal steam-chest under which is placed a number of elements
arranged ... It consists of a large cylindrical steam chest and two lower ..."
3. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Traveling Engineers' Association, Canadian School Trustees' Association (1896)
"He therefore by means of the same steam pipe charges that tallow pipe with a
boiler pressure the same from the lubricator down to the top of the steam chest ..."
4. Experimental Engineering and Manual for Testing: For Engineers and for by Rolla Clinton Carpenter, Herman Diederichs (1911)
"These conditions in the steam chest also determine i = 316 degrees and total ...
In the real engine the steam in the steam chest, whose condition is denned ..."
5. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"3551, has small ports in its solid part, which communicate at certain times with
the steam- chest proper through ports in its lower seat (shown on the ..."
6. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"steam chest.— The rectangular case or box attached to the side of an engine cylinder,
... Also the steam chest which contains the slide valve of an engine. ..."
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