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

Steam-packing to Steam Table

Page 449 of Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia · 4 entries

Steam-packingEngineering

That system in which live steam is admitted behind packing rings to set them out tight against the walls of the cylinder.

Steam PortEngineering

(See Port.)

Steam-roomEngineering

Space in a steam boiler above the surface of the water therein.

Steam TableEngineering

A table in which the temperatures are given for the different pressures of steam.

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