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 584
-journals are all of wrought-iron, secured in the working-beam by keys. The Connecting-rod is of wrought-iron. It is forked at its upper extremity and single at the crank-pin end. It is stiffened by a double truss-brace of round iron, which is secured by bolts to the rod neareach end, and passes… … The Cranks are of wrought-iron, bored out and shrunk upon the shafts. Cast-iron cranks, strappedwith wrought-iron, are very commonly employed on account of their less first cost. The Crank-pin of wrought-iron is keyed fast into a conical hole in the eye of one crank. The otherend of the pin is…
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