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has gloss | eng: A table engine is a variety of stationary steam engine where the cylinder is placed on top of a table-shaped base, the legs of which stand on the baseplate which locates the crankshaft bearings. The piston rod protrudes from the top of the cylinder and has fixed to it a cross-head which runs in slides attached to, and rising from, the cylinder top. Long rods connect the crosshead to the crankshaft, on which is fixed the flywheel. |
lexicalization | eng: table engine |
lexicalization | eng: Table-engine |
instance of | (noun) external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder steam engine |
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