National Museum of American History
Multiple Hydrostatic Lubricator Model
Gates, John · 1873
This is an automatic lubricator that delivers lubricating oil into the steam being supplied to a steam engine at any desired rate. It employs the pressure due to a column of water plus the pressure of the steam in the main to force the oil into the main against the steam pressure.
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