steam chest

noun

Definitions

  1. A chamber in a steam engine or locomotive from which steam from the boiler is distributed…

    A chamber in a steam engine or locomotive from which steam from the boiler is distributed to the cylinders.

    • One small tooth increase in regulator opening makes a minute increase in steam chest pressure reading and one can feel the clearly perceptible increase in the power output beneath one's feet.

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