As a child, I used to love watching Shirley Temple's movies and I was drawn to reading her autobiography, Child Star. This was one of the best Hollywood autobiographies I have ever read because of the way Shirley gave a complete overview of her life.
Definition of engineer's brake valve. : a valve in the cab of a locomotive for operating the air brake.
GateThe closure element of a gate valve (sometimes called wedge or disc) Gate valveA straight through pattern valve in which closure element is a wedge situated between two fixed seating surfaces, with means to move it in or out of the flow stream in a direction perpendicular to the pipeline axis. Used as a block valve, or on-off valve.