Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of resisting the passage of steam, as a joint in a steam-pipe.
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_ -- Why is it more difficult to keep steam-tight the manhole cover of a portable boiler than the manhole cover of a stationary boiler?
The Stoker's Catechism W. J. Connor
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A the elastic back, which keeps the part B against the rod with sufficient pressure to be steam-tight, and yet creates but little friction.
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The best form of filling cap has a self-seating ground plug, which, if properly made, is steam-tight without any packing.
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An open-ended "trunk" piston, similar in principle to that used in gas engines, is employed; and the valve is of the piston type, which is less complicated than the box form of valve, though less easily made steam-tight in small sizes.
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Take great care to make steam-tight joints here, and to have the plate parallel to the standards in one direction and to the cylinder in the other.
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Within this jacket, which need not necessarily be steam-tight, there is a movable piece, K, which, pressing against the rim, renders steam-tight the channel in which the pistons move when driven by the steam.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various
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These are each jacketed or inclosed in an iron pipe of four inches internal diameter, fitted with steam-tight collars so as to leave half an inch steam space surrounding the copper tubes.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 Various
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Within the cylinder is a steam coil for heating the water, and, steam having been turned on, the temperature is raised to a certain point, when the cylinder is closed and made steam-tight.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 Various
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This lining has a flange at the lower part for bolting it down, being made steam-tight by the intervention of a copper packing ring.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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Thick discs are not so liable to cockle as thin ones, and a stout ring will make it possible to get steam-tight joints with brown-paper packing.
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