Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 501
the point of contact sometimes heats and screeches, unless the eye be kept wellsupplied with tallow. Disengaging paddle-wheels.—Many plans have been contrived for disengaging the paddle-wheels olsteamers, so as to enable one paddle to be worked without the other, or botli paddles to be thrown outof… … a wrought-iron strap surrounding the disk, lined with brass; D, a brass cushion with a tightening keyfor producing friction, by bringing the cushion in contact with the disk; F, the brass lining of thewrought-iron strap, excepting that portion occupied by the cushion; ///. screws by which the…
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