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Kingston
·noun ·Alt. of <<Kingstone>>. ...

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Valve
·noun One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom. II. Valve ·noun One of the pieces o...

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Kingston metal
·- An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery. ...

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Blow valve
·- ·see Snifting valve. ...

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D valve
·- A kind of slide valve. ·see Slide valve, under <<Slide>>. ...

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Foot valve
·add. ·- A suction valve or check valve at the lower end of a pipe; ·esp., such a valve in a steam-e...

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Pilot valve
·add. ·- A small hand-operated valve to admit liquid to operate a valve difficult to turn by hand. ...

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Shunt valve
·add. ·- A valve permitting a fluid under pressure an easier avenue of escape than normally; specif....

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Valve-shell
·noun Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata. ...

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blow-valve
A valve by which the first vacuum necessary for starting a steam-engine is produced. ...

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bucket-valve
In a steamer's engine, is a flat metal plate filling up the passage between the air-pump and the con...

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discharge-valve
In the marine engine, is a valve covering the top of the barrel of the air-pump, opening when presse...

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expansion-valve
In the marine engine, a valve which shuts off the steam in its passage to the slide-valves, when the...

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foot-valve
A flat plate of metal filling up the passage between the air-pump and condenser. The lower valve of ...

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safety-valve
A conical valve on the top of the steam-chest, communicating with the boiler of a steam-engine, and ...

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snifting-valve
In the marine engine (see tail-valve). ...

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tail-valve
A valve in the air-pump at the opposite side from the condenser, and connected with the latter by a ...

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throttle-valve
A valve in the steam-pipe of an engine for preventing the escape of steam, or regulating the velocit...

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Double-beat valve
·- ·see under <<Valve>>. ...

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blow-through valve
A valve admitting steam into the condenser, in order to clear it of air and water before starting th...

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internal safety-valve
A valve opening from the outside of a steamer's boiler, in order to allow air to enter the boiler wh...

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slide-valve casing
A casing on one side of the cylinder of an engine, which covers the nozzles or steam-ports, and conf...

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slide-valve rod
A rod connecting the slide-valves of an engine, to both of which it is joined; it passes through the...

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Kingston, William Henry Giles
(1814-1880) Writer of tales for boys, b. in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where hi...

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