Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 222
ly to bring that surface into contact with the journal,the filing is repeated, even though the thrust of the journal is in the direction denoted by the arrowsJ J. The amount to which this closure occurs depends to a certain extent upon the thickness of themetal of the brass at its joint-face. Cases… … a long period, the brass has worn to admit more than one-half the circumference of the journal, andhas closed upon it, as shown in Fig. 2498, its form having altered from the dotted perpendicularlines, causing it to grip the journal so tightly as to require a hammer to drive it off. To avoid…
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