UPSTROKE • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Upstroke

... with plumbago, fire-clay, or other refractory material, and the lower part kept cool by a water casing. The cylinder has a trunk piston working in the lower part, and on its upper side a shield that almost fills the hot part of the cylinder when the piston is at the extreme of its upstroke. The trunk-rod of the piston passes through a stuffing-box in the cylinder bottom, and is connected to a crank on the engine-shaft; and this (unless multiple cylinders are employed) carries a heavy fly-wheel. From the lower end of the cylinder ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 • Various