Steam-packingEngineering
That system in which live steam is admitted behind packing rings to set them out tight against the walls of the cylinder.
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That system in which live steam is admitted behind packing rings to set them out tight against the walls of the cylinder.
(See Port.)
Space in a steam boiler above the surface of the water therein.
A table in which the temperatures are given for the different pressures of steam.