A few more were watching Poppet being combed down, and conversing with the newly-arrived grooms.
It is a well-known fact that with poppet valves the tension of the springs on the exhaust side varies after five or six weeks' use, and consequently the accuracy of opening and closing is interfered with.
When they begin to hit the high places the noise of the poppet valves is very noticeable.
They passed the old Red Hand shaft, long since deserted and denuded of poppet legs and engine-houses, its comparatively ancient tips almost overgrown and characterless, with lusty young gums flourishing amongst its scattered boulders.
Equally deserted was the wide stretch of brown plain, dotted withpoppet legs and here and there a whim, across the dull expanse of which Waddy seemed to peer with stupid eyes.
The Poppet and I are now considerably warmer than we were, and, we hope, more beautiful.
She sat on the edge of my bed while the Poppet and I had breakfast.
The Poppet observed with deep interest that the loose cover of the chair upon which the visitor had been sitting was all pulled out and wrinkled.
The Poppethas a nice day nursery and Ross a better bedroom.
To the poor Poppet she presented a book called Heaven or Hell?
To look at them was to breathe an involuntary prayer for eiderdown enclosures that would keep the poppet inside warm without disparagement to her glorious finery.
I heard of her because the little sister-poppet wanted to take the doll I gave her to show to a person the old prizefighter spoke of as the old party two-pair-up.
They stood side by side on the landing, just catching sight of the little poppet in the armchair, all unkempt gold and blue eyes, quite content with her personation of the beloved old presence it would never know again.
The report of the revolver could but attract a crowd, and the next minute over a score of people were on the spot, among them being Poppet and Van's companions.
The next fifteen minutes was spent in writing the man's words, and then, with a trembling hand, the wretch signed it, Poppet being a witness.
All hands now left the spot and started with Poppet for his house.
Shortly after Van and Poppet arrived at the latter's house, a messenger came in, stating that the president of the city board would like an audience with the visiting strangers.
The first was how it was that Doc Clancy had discovered the horses rigged up in such a curious fashion; and this was explained by Poppet as being a ruse practiced by his people to frighten their enemies who dwelt outside the wall.
Poppet introduced them as the six visiting strangers, but when the president had shaken them by the hand, he requested them to write their names in the book of new arrivals, so he might know their names.
Shortly after noon, Poppetasked Van to take a trip with him to see the prisoner.
On the way Poppet explained to Van that the girl he had championed was the prettiest in the entire city and that she had suitors by the score.
It was wonderful to note the change that came over the face of Poppet when he heard the boy's words.
The fellow Van had knocked down was also a city officer, and Poppet was afraid there might be trouble on account of what had happened.
In a few minutes they were ready to go to the president of the African Utopia, and with Poppetat their head, they set out.
Thus accoutred, they went along to the foot of the poppet heads, and Archie having opened a door therein, Vandeloup saw the mouth of the shaft yawning dark and gloomy at his feet.
Poppet and I discovered in each other an unfashionable taste for the truth!
Then she threw her blanket over her head, and got her poppet out of the chest.
The poppet was a little doll manufactured from a corn-cob, dressed in an indigo-colored gown.
Hannah could not say much, she was so astonished, but as soon as Ann had gone, scudding across the fields, she went in with the poppet and told her mother.
Then Ann threw her blanket over her head, and got her poppet out of the chest.
Although her poppet was carved so that the small out-held hands and arms were clear of the body, and dresses could be fitted over them, Joan found that there were but few points or edges that were likely to be chipped off.
Joan's own poppet was named Marguerite for the daughter of the French King, who had married the eldest son of Henry II.
There is a poppet for thee, small one," Quentin said smiling.
When Joan grew too old to play with her poppet she sometimes carried her to some fine house to show a new fashion, or style of embroidery.
The poppet seemed to bring luck to the hurer's household.
Quentin took the softly smiling poppet and began to twist her neck.
Three of them should be equally spaced (120 degrees apart) on a circle of 1-inch radius drawn about the spindle poppet as centre.
Lay the flue on a flat surface, apply the end of the nail to one of the poppet marks, and draw it along the flue, which must be held quite firmly.
The paper is then applied to the tube again, and poppetmarks made with a centre punch opposite to or through the marks on the paper.
Attaching the ring to disc D is effected as follows:--Tin the contact faces of the ring and disc pretty heavily with solder, after making poppet marks round the guide circles so that they may not be lost under the solder.
In other words, two hollow cylinders line the interior of the cylinder casting and replace the poppet valves and pockets of the more familiar type of motor.
As evidenced by its name, the poppet valve is pushed or lifted from its seat, and thus the full area of the opening to the passage is made available almost immediately.
The poppet valve is lifted by a cam, the shape of which determines the relative speed of operation of the valve, and is returned to its seat by a stiff spring.
The ordinary type of poppet valve is somewhat similar in shape to a mushroom, having a very thin and flat head and a slender stem.
As has been stated in the previous chapter, the most common form of valve is known as the poppettype from the fact that its action is a lifting one.
One of the chief advantages found in the use of a poppet valve is the fact that a large opening can be obtained after the valve head has been raised but a comparatively short distance.
All poppet valves must be accessible and readily removable for the purpose of cleaning and grinding the contact surfaces of the head and seat.
The mechanism of a sleeve valve motor is slightly different from that of the poppet valve type.
Practically every poppet valve, therefore, is lifted by means of a cam, which is a thick, irregularly-shaped piece of steel mounted on a shaft known as the cam shaft.
While the poppet valve motor is still used on the majority of automobiles, a new and radical type of valve mechanism has been giving successful results.
The poison remained under lock and key for some time; at last, worked up by several dreadful breakages, I gave it in some grapes, and retired from the room feeling like a murderer, leaving poor Poppet extended insensible on the rug.
Poppet must die, and in as simple a way as possible.
Although Poppet screamed loudly when angry or excited, she bore pain wonderfully, and never cried out.
The poppet of a child climbed up and held to the girl's dress.
The poppet had a cap on its head, and was dressed in lace, and she wore a white dress that let her neck and arms out, but covered her to the ground.
I had the fleetest foot among the Indian racers, and was going to throw the garment away for the pure joy of feeling the air slide past my naked body, when I saw the girl and poppet baby who had looked at me during my first consciousness.
She had a poppet of a child on one arm that sat up instead of leaning against her shoulder, and looked at me, too.
I saw the end of your tongue hanging out," Poppet maintained.
He and Poppet were doing, or making a pretence of doing, preparation for the next day, and Nellie was reading a novel in the only armchair the nursery held.
And it was Poppet who, after torrents of abuse and vituperation from the unhappy lad, succeeded in extracting a promise that he should own up everything bravely in the morning, and not shirk his punishment whatever it was.
Make them go to bed; give Poppet her medicine; don't leave the matches near Peter.
Poppet worked to the end of the line by seven, then she remembered she had forgotten to "carry" all the way, and she grew afraid that Peter would get to the birds' eggs she was putting in compartments for Bunty.
And Poppet is still a child,--to be nine is scarcely to have reached years of discretion.
Again Poppet was silent, again there was the look of amaze and grief in her wide, clear eyes.
But Poppet flung up her arms, and with a wild, piercing shriek darted from her place and flew across the room.
Poppet nearly fell upon him,--she could not wait while he said all he knew about it in his slow roundabout way.
Poppet had squeezed herself on the half-inch of space he had left, and was gazing at him, a look of great content and unspeakable love on her little face; and Meg on the low rocking-chair beside them was holding a hand of each.
Poppet handed over her letter with a sigh of relief; she had hardly dared to hope a boat would leave so soon.
But before there was time for even the preliminaries of warfare, Essie created a diversion by tumbling out of the moored boat in which she and Poppet were sitting into the deep, clear water of the river.
The throttle valve is a simple slide valve and must have been primitive for the time, for the balance-poppet throttle valve was in use in this country previous to 1851.
The valve itself is a poppet held against the face of the valve seat by a second knife blade attached to the lever.
He said as much to Dolly, but she held her poppet closer and shook her head.
Dolly, with the poppet in her arms, came slipping and scrambling across the stepping-stones and caught his hand.
He rose and walked manfully toward the stepping-stones, but Dolly still sat hugging her poppet in her arms.
She made me a poppet of a piece of scarlet cloth, and I called it after her.
He also modified the form of Stevens's double-poppet valve, giving it such shape that it was comparatively easy to grind it tight and to keep it in order.
The valves are of the disk or poppet variety, rising and falling vertically.
The main object is to show that the Knight valve action is the only other besides the mushroom or poppet valve that has been applied successfully to high speed gasoline engines.
While the mushroom type or poppet valve has become standard and is the most widely used form at the present time, there is some difference of opinion among designers as to the materials employed and the angle of the seat.
The inlet passage is controlled by the sliding sleeve which is hollow and slotted so as to permit the inlet gases to enter the cylinder through the regular typepoppet valve which seats in the exhaust sleeve.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "poppet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
