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trunk piston
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trunk piston
CIDE DICTIONARY
trunk piston,
In a single-acting engine, an elongated hollow piston, open at the end, in which the end of the connecting rod is pivoted. The piston rod, crosshead and stuffing box are thus dispensed with. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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