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 497
y true it will be difficult to keep goodpacking in the stuffing-box, and the cylinder will speedily be worn oval. Figs. 1389 and 1390 represent the air-pump cross-head, which fits into thecentral brasses of the back links. Fig. 1391 is the pillar which fits betweenthe brasses; and Figs. 1392, 1393,… … ENGINES, DETAILS OF. 489 Figs. 1395 and 1396 are views of the connecting-rod, which is of cast-iron. Malleable iron connecting-rods are now coming into use for land engines, and they are in every way preferable. When the con-necting-rod is of cast-iron, of the form represented in the figure, the…
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