cross-compound
Americanadjective
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(of a compound engine or turbine) having the high-pressure and low-pressure units side by side.
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Photo: Roy AttawayWilliams' charge is an authentic steamboat with a 2,000-hp cross-compound steam engine driving a 28-foot-diameter paddle wheel.
From Time Magazine Archive
The case about to be described concerns a steam plant in which there were seven cross-compound condensing Corliss engines, and two Curtis steam turbines.
From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Collins, Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin)
Q. If a receiving valve in a cross-compound compressor breaks, what may be done?
From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous
Q. Why is this called a cross-compound compressor?
From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous
A. These are diagramatic views of a cross-compound compressor.
From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous
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