The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Stuffing Box

Engineering

The cavity in a cylinder head in which packing is confined about the piston rod to prevent leakage.

Parts of machinery — propeller, propeller shaft, stuffing-box and couplings
Parts of machinery — propeller, propeller shaft, stuffing-box and couplings
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