This collar of hemp is pressed down by another piece, also perforated with a hole through which the piston rod plays, and which is screwed down on the said collar of hemp.
It is pressed down by a weight, the amount of which is regulated by the maximum pressure to which it is intended the steam [Pg058] shall be limited.
The piston would then be pressed down by air as hot as the steam to be subsequently introduced into it.
A is the cylindric leather bellows, pressed down by a helical spring, and worked by means of the handle at B, which moves the horizontal shaft C, with its two attached semicircular levers and chains.
If the foot be placed on the treadle at U and it be pressed down, the break on the opposite side breaks contact with the balance wheel (not shown); the press pulley will at the same time tighten the loose belt on the flanged pulleys.
The sample is laid upon the cress, and a round bar of a diameter to produce the required curve is pressed down upon it by the hammer-head.
If a pin be used, its weight may give the feed, or it may be pressed down by the fingers, while if a screw is used it must be revolved occasionally to put on the feed.
Pack in apple barrels, pressed down, and marked with the quality; then transport to market on a wagon.
I pack in boxes, if I can get them; have used barrels well shaken and pressed down, marked with stencil, and shipped by rail.
I do this on a sorting table, and pack in twelve-peck barrels, pressed down, and marked with a stencil.
E, so that when it is pressed down, it will touch post F.
If the dripping stops when the valve is pressed down, the float is too high.
Illustration: Brass Key on a Wood Base] the screw of the knob strikes the base when pressed down, put in a screw or brass-headed tack for a contact.
If the current enters at X, it will pass along C and out at Y, when C is pressed down.
It is bent so that it will not touch A unless it is pressed down.
The screws, 2 and 4, will be lifted from C and D when the handle, N, is pressed down.
It is evident that the current cannot pass from X to Y, unless the button, D, be pressed down so that the end of A will touch B.
Well may he be as a cart that is pressed down, that is full of sheaves.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pressed down" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
