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 507
h this is sometimes employed. Eccentrics.—The eccentrics of marine engines are alwaysput on in two pieces; they are almost always loose on theshaft, and are always capable of backing. The manner in which that shown in our plates of details is made, is a common one. The eccentric is loose upon…
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