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 537
iston-rod. It is fastened into the piston by a cone and screw n, and further secured by acotter. p, the piston cross-head, of forged iron, secured to the rod by a long cone and cotter. The bearingsfor the connecting-rod and the first parallel-motion beams are forged in one piece with it. M. the… … w, the crank-pin. That portion of it which passes through the crank on the intermediate shaft P isfirmly fixed to it by being driven into a slightly tapered eye, and is further secured by a cotter; but atthe opposite extremity it passes loosely through the crank on the paddle-shaft, to allow for…
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