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 869
ordinary water-wheels the axles are formed of cast-iron, usually hollow, with independent gud-geons fitted into their extremities; and when made of wood, the gudgeons must of necessity be inserted. The drawings in Fig. 2083 show the general form of a hollow cast-iron axle for a water-wheel, withtwo… … internally to a distance equal to the interior diameter, and three ribs cast in it have key-seats cut intheir faces. The gudgeon marked a has three arms cast or forged upon it, (according as it is made otcast or wrought iron,) of the same length as the ribs on the interior of the shaft; and these…
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