The heavier of the officers outside, believing in the element of surprise, stood upon one foot and shot the other forward with the force and action of an engine piston-rod. ❋ Adams, Stephen (2005)
He said he would be back in a jiffy; and anyone observing his piston-rod of energy could well believe it; but, for the moment, they were left rather stranded on the lawn outside the house. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The massive walking-beam rose and fell above the deck; at one end a piston-rod worked up and down; and at the other was a connecting-rod which, in changing the rectilinear motion to a circular one, was directly connected with the shaft of the paddles. ❋ Unknown (2003)
It was like gripping a tree, no, a piece of steel machinery that hammered her aside like some giant piston-rod. ❋ McCaffrey, Anne (1993)
The piston-rod was packed with a cup leather, or with ordinary packing, the latter required to be adjusted with the greatest nicety, otherwise the piston struck the hammer before lifting it, or else the force of the blow was considerably diminished. ❋ Various (N/A)
Of older readers, I might request the supposition that, in Fig. 2, only the valves A. and B. were automatically and invariably opened and closed by the action of the piston-rod of Fig. 3, and that C. and D. were controlled solely by the governor, before mentioned, which we will suppose to be located at E. ❋ James W. Steele (N/A)
Each main pump is 10 in. diameter, horizontal, double-acting, worked by a prolongation backward of the piston-rod. ❋ Various (N/A)
There is apparently nothing simpler than the placing of the head of the piston-rod between two guide-pieces to keep it in line and give it bearing. ❋ James W. Steele (N/A)
You can now proceed to the making of the piston-rod gland (Fig. 54, G1). ❋ Archibald Williams (N/A)
Their principle is that _only the escape is automatically controlled by the movements of the piston-rod_, occurring always at the same time with reference to the stroke, while _the supply is under control of the movement of the governor_, and regulated according to the emergencies of the movement. ❋ James W. Steele (N/A)
A stuffing box filled with this mixture has worked three years without grinding the piston-rod. ❋ Various (N/A)
Here, too, was raw material organized: a fly-wheel, large enough to keep the knobbiest of asteroids revolving without a wabble; a cross-head, cross-tail, and piston-rod, to help a great sea-going steamer breast the waves; a light walking-beam, to whirl the paddles of a fast boat on the river; and other members of machines, only asking to be put together and vivified by steam and they would go at their work with a will. ❋ Various (N/A)
The pneumatic hammers had a crank, with a connecting rod or a slotted crossbar on the piston-rod, a piston and a cylinder which formed the hammer-head. ❋ Various (N/A)
Then he gave this cylinder for the first time two heads, and let out the piston-rod through a hole in the upper head, with packing. ❋ James W. Steele (N/A)
The two men sprang into a posture of defence, which was lost as quickly as it was taken, one great arm shot out like a piston-rod; there was the sound of bare fists beating on naked flesh; there was an exultant indrawn gasp of savage pleasure and relief from the crowd, and the great fight had begun. ❋ Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels (N/A)
Fifteen days have we been out of sight of land; two days out from Queenstown we broke a piston-rod, which obliged us to lay to, in a fearfully rough sea, for five hours. ❋ Cecil Hall (N/A)
Next day one of our four boilers burst, and again another piston-rod; which accidents, combined with contrary winds and heavy seas, reduced our speed to nearly half for the remainder of the journey. ❋ Cecil Hall (N/A)
A steam-engine from the first stroke of its piston-rod begins to wear out, and before long needs repair. ❋ Albert F. Blaisdell (N/A)
Frank's arm shot out like a piston-rod, and into the mud-puddle, head over heels, went Gill Mace with a frightened howl. ❋ Frank V. Webster (N/A)
