75 Verbs to Use for the Word cylinder

The jet entered the condenser instead of the cylinder as was the previous practice, and this method is now the one in common use.

Steam will therefore be admitted above the piston and the steam or air which had previously filled the cylinder below the piston will be drawn off to the condenser.

The nearest hunter, raising a shining metal staff about three and a half feet in length (having a crystal cylinder at the hinder end, about six inches in circumference, and occupying about one-third the entire length of the weapon), levelled it at the beast.

Q.Is it a beneficial practice to make cylinders with steam jackets? A.In Cornwall, where great attention is paid to economy of fuel, all the engines are made with steam jackets, and in some cases a flue winds spirally round the cylinder, for keeping the steam hot.

And then another man cried out, stooped, wrenched the gun from the limp hand of Donnegan and opened the cylinder.

The big columns that held the cylinders rocked; crank and connecting-rod spun too fast for him to see.

Once I've cooled those cylinders off, we'll be all right.

It is difficult, in engines intended for the narrow gauge, to get cylinders within the framing of sufficient diameter to meet the exigencies of railway locomotion; by casting both cylinders in a piece, however, a considerable amount of room may be made available to increase their diameters.

It is a good plan to clean out the cylinder with gasoline once each week or ten days; it is not necessary, but the piston moves with much greater freedom and the compression is better.

But Donnegan calmly spun the cylinder of his revolver and held it toward Landis, dangling from his forefinger under the guard.

per circular inch of the piston, but the above rules are still applicable by taking an imaginary cylinder with an area larger in the proportion of the larger pressure.

She threw away the smoking cylinder.

Q.The piston must be made to fit the cylinder accurately so as to prevent the passage of steam?

" But Lord Nick, with the gun in his hand, stared at it dumbly, turned the empty cylinder.

The speed proper for boring a cylinder will answer for boring the brass air pump of the same engine.

She stood still, thinking, whilst Conolly took up a bit of waste and polished a brass cylinder.

The subliming furnace, shown in Figs. 5 and 6, is a plain cylindrical chamber, A, about 4 ft. diameter inside and ft. high, lined with firebrick, in the center of which is fixed the upright cast-iron cylinder or retort, C, of 1 ft. diameter, closed at top and open at bottom.

"Looks like they've flooded her cylinder," said Merritt, observing these signs.

Some motors are cooled by a stream of water which, flowing round the cylinders and through coils of pipe, is blown upon by the breeze made by the movement of the vehicle.

So closely are these cells welded to form the cylinder, that even under a microscope the hair presents only a fibrous appearance, except in the center, where the cells are larger, forming the medulla, or pith (Fig. 106).

It may be added, that the change of figure is not instantaneous, but becomes greater after some continuance of the strain than it was at first, so that in gauging a cylinder to ascertain the difference of diameter when it is placed on its side, it should have lain some days upon its side to ensure the accuracy of the operation.

A.Many engine makers give no other finish to their cylinders; but Messrs. Penn grind their cylinders after they are bored, by laying them on their side, and rubbing a piece of lead, with a cross iron handle like that of a rolling stone, and smeared with emery and oil, backward and forward the cylinder being gradually turned round so as to subject every part successively to the operation.

3 illustrates the air cylinder of the Dubois-Francois type of compressor, which was the best in use about the year 1876.

In this water piston compressor we have only one cooling surface, which soon gets hot, while with a dry compressor, with water jacketed cylinders and heads, there are several cold metallic surfaces exposed on one side to the heat of compression, and on the other to a moving body of cold water.

The blast pipe is generally a breeches pipe of which the legs join just before reaching the chimney; but it is better to join the two cylinders below, and to let a single pipe ascend to within 12 or 18 inches of the foot of the chimney.

75 Verbs to Use for the Word  cylinder