Moving component of reciprocating engines that is contained by a cylinder and is made gas-tight by piston rings.
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For Packing the Piston Rods and Valve Stems of Steam Engines and Pumps.
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The passage continued lower down, on the Piston's far side.
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The former Piston hit all three of his long-range attempts at Detroit earlier this month.
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The Piston cloud key is set for an unveiling next week at an OpenStack conference in Boston.
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Joshua McKenty founded Piston Cloud Computing, which seeks to bring a version of OpenStack to traditional businesses.
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B represents that part of the packing which, when in use, is in contact with the Piston Rod.
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Attach the piston rod to the piston, and insert piston in cylinder.
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Blacken the piston rod in a candle flame to prevent solder adhering.
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There's four different movements of the piston to make the bike move.
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The rectilinear motion of the piston-rod was thus converted into rotary motion.
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The big square jaw shot forward like the piston of an engine.
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The piston head is guided by a slide keyed to the frame.
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These motives beat upon the mind as steam upon the iron piston.
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The Englishman's arms shot into the slime with the regularity of pistons.
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We replaced that one bad piston and the old car ran okay.
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The brown fist went back and shot forward like a piston rod.
