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 969
-shaft has a bearing on eachside of the point at which the work-ing strain is applied. The plunger-rod works direct from the connectionof the yoke around the crank, andis always in the same position, noswivel being required. The govern-ing vane is held normally in a perpen-dicular position by its… … WINDMILLS. 935 adjustable weight C on the vane-arm allows of the resistance of the vane being nicely regulated, sothat the vane will not become horizontal until the wind attains a force likely to injure the wheel.The wheel can be turned edgewise to the wind by hand through the rod A, which is…
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