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1.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 / Various
   to agricultural machines.--1 illustration Steam Engine Valves.--By THOMAS HAWLEY.--A review of modern slide valve practice, the lap, cut-off, and other points.--6 illustrations IX. MISCELLANEOUS ...  details...
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   • subject(s) - valve; armature; bacilli; bacteria; circuit; main valve; magnetic; magnetic circuit; eccentric; insurance; slide valve; steam; current; armature; valve; insurance; steam; circuit; magnetic; bacilli; current; magnetic circuit; slide valve; main valve; bacteria; eccentric;
   • title - Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891
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2.  Rough and Tumble Engineering / Maggard, James H.
   off, which is from one hundred to one hundred and ten pounds. Most new pop valves, or safety valves ... continues to escape, the valve sticks in the chamber. Usually a slight tap with a wrench or a hammer will  details...
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   • subject(s) - engine; boiler; valve; steam; pressure; pump; engineer; traction engine; check valve; safety valve; steam gauge; water; pressure; check valve; valve; pump; steam; engineer; engine; safety valve; boiler; traction engine; water; steam gauge;
   • title - Rough and Tumble Engineering
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3.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 / Various
   of a propeller engine of 20 inch bore and 22 inch stroke, whose cylinder and valve gear were recently designed ... . The main slide valve, following nearly full stroke, is of the ordinary form, and reversed by a shifting  details...
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   • subject(s) - pyridine; quinoline; acid; alkaloids; valve; alcohol; apparatus; friction; carbon; cent; apparatus; pyridine; friction; valve; carbon; quinoline; alcohol; cent; acid; alkaloids;
   • title - Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883
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4.  William Harvey and the Circulation of the Blood / Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895
   , for he made the important discovery that there are membranous flaps, which are now called "valves," at the origins of the great vessels; and that there are certain other valves in the interior of the heart itself ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895
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   • subject(s) - harvey; galen; arteries; circulation; valves; veins; blood; lungs; discovery; arteries; veins; valves; discovery; circulation; galen; lungs; huxley, thomas henry, 1825-1895; blood; harvey;
   • title - William Harvey and the Circulation of the Blood
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5.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 / Various
   and Expansion Valve Gear.--1 figure. The Steam Bell for Locomotives.--2 figures. Diamond Mining ... : FIG. 3.--LONDON & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.] [Illustration: FIG. 4.--JOY'S VALVE GEAR.] Turning now  details...
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   • subject(s) - malaria; diameter; cwt; tons cwt; bacilli; tons; cylinders; temperature; comma bacilli; malarious; solar; engines; valve; cholera; boiler; engine; wheels; cylinder; ore; gear; steam; pressure; valve gear; railway; tractive power; pressure; wheels; tons cwt; malaria; comma bacilli; valve; tractive power; temperature; cwt; steam; engine; valve gear; gear; boiler; engines; solar; bacilli; cylinder; ore; railway; cylinders; diameter; cholera; tons; malarious;
   • title - Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884
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6.  A Catechism of the Steam Engine / Bourne, John
   .--HEAT, COMBUSTION, AND STEAM. Heat. Combustion. Steam. CHAP. III.--EXPANSION OF STEAM AND ACTION OF THE VALVES ... . Various forms of Marine Engines. Cylinders, Pistons, and Valves. Air Pump and Condenser. Pumps, Cocks  details...
   • creator(s) - Bourne, John
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   • subject(s) - valve; piston; boiler; cylinder; steam; diameter; boilers; screw; engine; pressure; pump; engines; valves; crank; velocity; inches; shaft; rod; piston rod; inch; area; air pump; marine boilers; square; malleable iron; iron; square inch; vessels; stroke; p; pressure; inches; crank; square; air pump; iron; valve; pump; rod; valves; steam; marine boilers; engine; inch; piston; boiler; engines; area; velocity; cylinder; piston rod; screw; shaft; vessels; stroke; diameter; boilers; malleable iron; p; square inch;
   • title - A Catechism of the Steam Engine
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7.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 / Various
   , and the valve, z, a long boiler, B, which is heated by the furnace, F, through the intermedium of a waterbath, w ... of which are the hinged valves, c. In the motion of the pieces, a, from right to left, these valves free the apertures  details...
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   • subject(s) - gas; apparatus; slabs; acid; sulphate; barbara uttmann; concrete; velocity; formic acid; valve; temperature; slab; railroad; steam; cubic feet; timber; apparatus; cubic feet; slabs; valve; temperature; steam; concrete; barbara uttmann; gas; acid; velocity; sulphate; slab; formic acid; railroad; timber;
   • title - Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885
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8.  Things To Make / Williams, Archibald
   . A HORIZONTAL SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE XVI. MODEL STEAM TURBINES XVII. STEAM TOPS XVIII. MODEL BOILERS XIX. QUICK ... . 51 and 52 illustrate a very simple form of fixed-cylinder engine controlled by a slide valve  details...
   • creator(s) - Williams, Archibald
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   • subject(s) - inch; rod; tube; valve; inches; boiler; diameter; brass; steam; screw; wire; holes; hole; centre; piston rod; crank shaft; brass tubing; inches; valve; rod; centre; steam; tube; inch; boiler; piston rod; crank shaft; screw; brass tubing; holes; wire; diameter; hole; brass;
   • title - Things To Make
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9.  Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon / Manly, Harold P.
   --Construction--Care and Operation of Generators. CHAPTER IV WELDING INSTRUMENTS:--Tank and Regulating Valves and Gauges ... without making the steel brittle. This makes the steel well suited for gas engine valves as it resists  details...
   • creator(s) - Manly, Harold P.
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   • subject(s) - acetylene; welding; carbide; gas; metal; oxygen; weld; carbon; torch; steel; pressure; valve; temperature; heat; welded; copper; arc; flame; iron; tensile strength; metals; cubic feet; calcium carbide; acetylene welding; molten metal; arc welding; inch; g; pressure; tensile strength; cubic feet; arc welding; steel; carbide; welded; g; molten metal; calcium carbide; acetylene; iron; arc; valve; temperature; welding; carbon; copper; metals; inch; acetylene welding; flame; gas; oxygen; torch; heat; weld; metal;
   • title - Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon
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10.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 / Various
    is effected electrically by a series of sparks playing between two platinum points in the slide valve ... on the side of the hill was started and stopped automatically, by valves controlled by engines. The weight  details...
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    • subject(s) - compressor; piston; cylinder; air compressor; steam; gas; air compressors; pressure; engine; air cylinder; heat; air; gas motor; compressed air; compressed; steam engine; cubic feet; scientific american; pressure; cubic feet; compressed; steam; air cylinder; engine; scientific american; piston; gas; cylinder; steam engine; gas motor; air compressors; compressor; heat; air compressor; compressed air; air;
    • title - Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891
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