piston-rod

The heavier of the officers outside, believing in the element of surprise, stood upon one foot and shot the other forward with the force and action of an engine piston-rod.

Angel With No Hands Adams, Stephen 2005

He said he would be back in a jiffy; and anyone observing his piston-rod of energy could well believe it; but, for the moment, they were left rather stranded on the lawn outside the house.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

He said he would be back in a jiffy; and anyone observing his piston-rod of energy could well believe it; but, for the moment, they were left rather stranded on the lawn outside the house.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

The massive walking-beam rose and fell above the deck; at one end a piston-rod worked up and down; and at the other was a connecting-rod which, in changing the rectilinear motion to a circular one, was directly connected with the shaft of the paddles.

Around the World in 80 Days 2003

It was like gripping a tree, no, a piece of steel machinery that hammered her aside like some giant piston-rod.

The City Who Fought McCaffrey, Anne 1993

Here, too, was raw material organized: a fly-wheel, large enough to keep the knobbiest of asteroids revolving without a wabble; a cross-head, cross-tail, and piston-rod, to help a great sea-going steamer breast the waves; a light walking-beam, to whirl the paddles of a fast boat on the river; and other members of machines, only asking to be put together and vivified by steam and they would go at their work with a will.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various

Of older readers, I might request the supposition that, in Fig. 2, only the valves A. and B. were automatically and invariably opened and closed by the action of the piston-rod of Fig. 3, and that C. and D. were controlled solely by the governor, before mentioned, which we will suppose to be located at E.

Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele

There is apparently nothing simpler than the placing of the head of the piston-rod between two guide-pieces to keep it in line and give it bearing.

Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele

The two men sprang into a posture of defence, which was lost as quickly as it was taken, one great arm shot out like a piston-rod; there was the sound of bare fists beating on naked flesh; there was an exultant indrawn gasp of savage pleasure and relief from the crowd, and the great fight had begun.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

A steam-engine from the first stroke of its piston-rod begins to wear out, and before long needs repair.

A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell