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 515
is no oscillation, the difference is veryslight, and is moreover considered to be a better motion than if no disturbance had taken place. Itappears to us that the use of a curve might be dispensed with altogether by observing a suitable ad-justment of the eccentric; the effect would probably be to…
Mechanical engineering
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