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A stuffing-box type of packing is provided, that acts as a seal and in which the inner pipe
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This pipe is closed at the other end by means of a plate, E ', furnished with a spindle, supported by a stuffing-box, B', and carrying
Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 Various
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This shaft passes through a stuffing-box to the outside of the generator and can be rotated by moans of the chains _f_, the pulleys _g_ and
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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To carry out this idea the inlet valves are furnished with two guides, which, passing upward through the stuffing-box, are attached to a hard steel cross piece, which receives the action of a bent catch turning on a pin attached to the levers, t1, t2, t3, t4.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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In a short time the boat was out of the water, but, as Tom grimly remarked, "the water was not out of her," for a stream poured from the stuffing-box, through which the propeller shaft entered, and water also ran out through the seams that had been opened by the collision.
Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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E, receives its horizontal to and fro motion from the rod, l, which traverses a stuffing-box and is moved by a crank on an eccentric, m.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 Various
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For this purpose the stuffing-box is provided; it is really not required if the water runs to waste, as is represented in the engraving.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 Various
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Frequently an agitator, passing through a stuffing-box, is fitted so that the contents may be stirred, and renewable linings are provided in cases where the substances under treatment exert a corrosive action on metal.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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It consists of a drum A, the sides of which are constructed of stout netting, carried on a vertical axis working through a stuffing-box, which is fitted in the bottom of the outer or containing vessel or keir B.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 Various
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Probably some of the seams are opened, or it may be coming in around the shaft stuffing-box.
Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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