There is not a single rule of right costume which is not violated in it, for it gives us stiffness, tightness and discomfort instead of comfort, freedom and ease.
The valves offer the following advantages: Their tightness increases with the pressure, since they always open toward the interior of the cylinder (Fig.
It is, therefore, necessary to keep those parts in good order upon which the tightness of the cylinder depends.
The pipes connecting the several parts of a gas-producing plant should be disposed with particular care to insure tightness and cleanliness.
At the time of this cleaning, tests are also made as to the tightness of the doors of the combustion-chamber, of the charging-boxes, etc.
The tightness and free operation of the valves or clacks which are intended to prevent back firing toward the pump should be made the subject of careful investigation.
When valves are held in cages, the tightness of the seat may be tested by partially filling the cage with gasoline and noticing how much liquid oozes out around the valve head.
When new and properly fitted, very little difference can be noted between the tightness of eccentric and concentric rings.
There are large openings in the water jacket at both sides and at the ends, which are closed by means of aluminum covers, water-tightness being secured by the use of gaskets.
It is no exaggeration to say that the success of an acetylene installation, from the consumer's point of view, will largely, if not principally, depend on the tightness of the pipes in his house.
The tightness of a system of pipes put under pressure from a loaded holder cannot be ascertained safely by observing the height of the bell, and noting if it falls on standing.
As they rode among the trees, the tightness of fear in White Bear's chest and stomach grew worse, until he had to struggle for breath.
He enjoyed the prestige of leading the spies, but he felt a constant tightnessin his belly.
Now that she had decided to talk to Yellow Hair, Redbird felt a tightness in her throat.
In the firelight within Sun Woman's wickiup, Redbird saw agony in the tightnessof the older woman's wide mouth and the clenching of her strong jaw.
Raoul knotted his fingers behind his back, and found that the effort relieved the tightness in his belly.
The amount of lubrication required depends upon the degree of tightness of the piston rings, upon the speed of the piston, upon the amount of pressure of the valve to its seat, and upon the method of operating the side valve.
The extratightness that arises from the wear of these tools is accommodated in the undercutting, which gives room for the thread to adjust itself to the opposite part or nut.
In such a case as this an hydraulic test sufficient to prove the tightness of the seams and joints may, perhaps, be all that is absolutely essential.
From this description, it is evident that the employment of nuts threaded in this manner is only necessary in order to give to ordinary bolts all the advantages of tightness due to this form of thread.
How would you test the steam tightness of a piston?
The fit should in all cases be made by tightness of thread fit, and not by the union or elbow face jambing against the end of the thread or the pipe, as joints in which this is the case will usually leak if used under pressure.
It is obvious also that the pulley bore should fit the sleeve with the same degree of tightness as it will fit the shaft to which it is to be fixed.
If so, and the circulation is being interfered with, owing to the tightness of the bandage, reapply the bandage more loosely.
The swelling is not generally very painful, but gives a feeling oftightness and disfigures the patient.
The pain is more or less intense, burning or itching occurs, and there is a sensation of great tightness or tension.
There may be a feeling of weight and tightness in the chest accompanied by a harsh, dry cough, which, after a few days, becomes looser and expectoration occurs.
And a tightness came at her heart, an aching fear made her shrink, as she raised each hidden face, that she had never known before.
I don't feel much pain now--but there is a tightness here.
There was a strange tightness in the region of his heart and he felt a little cold.
I have more to say, but must desist, for every line I write increases the tightness of my chest, and I have many more to do.
My dear Fanny--I am getting better every day and should think myself quite well were I not reminded every now and then by faintness and a tightness in the Chest.
It was up Kingston Hill that he first noticed a peculiar feeling, a slight tightness at his knees; but he noticed, too, at the top that he rode straighter than he did before.
She was bound to make a fuss, and these fusses invariably took the final form of a tightness of money for Bechamel.
The tightness and the oppression were little more than uncomfortable.
He felt a tightness across his forehead, an oppression upon his chest.
I adopt certain beliefs because I feel the need of them, because I feel an often quite unanalyzable Tightness in them, because the alternative of a chaotic life distresses me.
As the cylinder and piston become worn, screws A are adjusted from time to time, and the fine adjustment for tightness is cared for by the packing ring P and the coil springs S.
Further tightness is secured without undue friction by means of the packing ring P which fits in a groove in R and is forced lightly against the walls of the cylinder by a number of coil springs, one of which is shown at S.
He was also so much accustomed to temporary tightness that the incongruity of tightness with his pretensions of prosperity had not occurred to him.
This degree of tightness is perfectly definite, and depends on the weight of the gravity-piece, but not on the estimation of the observer.
Why not, he said, let the water itself give sufficient tightness to the packing, which must be a collar of stout leather with an inverted U-shaped section?
When water entered under pressure it forced the edges in different directions, one against the piston, the other against the wall of the recess, with a degree of tightness proportioned to the pressure.
Now that her father's need of her was intermittent she was alive to thetightness of the tie.
For coughs, hoarseness, tightness of the chest, &c.
The tightness with which they are packed should also be noticed; as, without being very firmly pressed together, and quite solid they soon spoil by keeping.
Tidy divides hanging into three stages: First stage: Partial stupor lasting thirty seconds to three minutes, according to the length of the drop, the weight of the body, and tightness of the constriction.
Taylor[750] mentions a case in which a soft silk handkerchief was used, and the appearance was the same as that of a narrow cord, due to the tightness with which it was tied.
All that he could surmise on the subject was founded on the increased difficulty he found in raising money,--a circumstance his pliant solicitor invariably explained by that happy phrase, the "tightness of the money market.
There is a coppery taste experienced in the act of swallowing, with a burning heat, extending from the top of the throat down to the stomach; and also a feeling of great tightness round the throat.
There is also vomiting of dark brown matter, sometimes mixed with blood; and mostly great thirst, with a feeling of tightness round, and of burning in, the throat.
The passionate joy he showed at the sight of her made a tightness round her heart.
Only there was no mistake about this--the Italian parterre; and a sudden tightnessgrew round her heart, and she thought of Mirko and the day she had last seen him.
