steam chest

noun

steam-chest

a chamber that encloses the slide valve of a steam engine and forms a manifold for the steam supply to the valve

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First recorded in 1790–1800

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Examples have not been reviewed.

An alternative plan is to pass the water through pipes placed in a steam chest.

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While, however, the cylinder is in position to have the holes for the steam chest studs drilled, the cylinder ports may be cut as follows:— Fig.

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Will I have to enlarge the steam chest; the valve uses the whole length of it now?

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This plan is a very old one and possesses the advantage that the valve may be set without seeing it, that is to say, with the steam chest cover on.

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The agility with which we got into our steam chest would have been amusing to an uninitiated observer.

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