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 689
cessfully overcome by a new system of running gear, invented by Mr. James Cleminson,which has been applied on some English railroads. It causes the axles to take automaticallyradial positions on curves, whatever their radius be. The diagram, Fig. 3645, represents this sys- such manner .— the middle… … The truck-frames are connected to each other by articulated radiating gear /and K. The action ofthis arrangement is as follows: When the car enters a curve, the centre truck B moves transversely,and causes the extreme trucks A and C to swivel around their centres, so that their axles…
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