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HYDBAULICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS 



LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF TERMINAL PIT 



PLAN OF HYDRAULIC BUFFER. 



SECTIONAL ELEVATIONS OF CYLINDE*. SECTIONAL PLAN OF CYLINDER. 



DETAILS OF PISTON 



FIG. 395. Hydraulic Buffer Stop. 



rectangular longitudinal strips which are fixed inside the cylinder, have 

 the same width as the slots, and vary in depth from end to end. 



A buffer stop on these lines 1 is illustrated in Fig. 395. The cylinder, 

 of cast iron, is 10 inches diameter and 4 feet long, its thickness varying 

 from 1J inches at the front to If inches at the back end. The piston 



1 Described by Mr. P. W. Shaw (" Proc. Inst. C. E.," vol. 165, p. 290) 



