| 21. | The piston rod also passed through a gland on the top cylinder cover sealed in a similar way.
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| 22. | The high-and low-pressure cylinders were mounted in vertical line with each other, with the piston rods in parallel.
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| 23. | The engine has crosshead bearings so that the always-vertical piston rod allows a tight seal under the piston.
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| 24. | The piston had a maximum travel of 5 meters and the piston rod was 35 centimeters in diameter.
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| 25. | Since the piston rod and crosshead was forged in one piece, the connecting rod small-end had to be forked.
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| 26. | The term " piston rod " has been used as a synonym for'connecting rod'in the context of these engines.
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| 27. | This avoids the crosshead, piston rod and its sealing gland, but it also makes a single-acting piston almost essential.
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| 28. | In a rotative beam engine, the piston is mounted vertically, and the piston rod drives the beam as before.
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| 29. | "Bruix " made port visits in Spain and Portugal in June before another piston rod was damaged on the 7th.
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| 30. | A small plenum was left exposed between the cylinder's piston rod stuffing box and another gland seal into the crankcase.
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