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adjusted air pump auxiliary exhaust bearing bilge blades blowers boiler bolts bottom brass bulkheads Bureau of Steam cast cause check valves circulating pumps cleaned clearance cock coils compartments compressor condenser connections copper crank crosshead cylinder deck discharge distiller drain engine room evaporator exhaust pipe expansion feed heater feed pumps feed tank fitted flanges forced lubrication friction gage gasket gate valves gear gland graphite heat high-pressure hole inches diameter installed joints leaks lever linseed oil lubrication machine machinery metal motor moved nuts operation overhauling packing paint piston rod pitch plate pounds pressure proper reciprocating engines red lead reversing revolutions per minute rings rudder screw seat secured shaft speed spindle Steam Engineering steam pipe steel steering stop valves stuffing boxes suction surface temperature tight trap tubes turbine usually vacuum valve gear valve stem vessels wear wheel zinc