Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 456
nished in the same manner as that shown in Fig. 1259, and before described. The weight of the shaftB E is rather overbalanced by the weight Q, which is attached by a string passing over a pulley R to B.A pinion F works into the rack E, and fits it loosely with a back lash of about a tenth of an…
Mechanical engineering
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