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
his is sometimes employed. Eccentrics.—The eccentrics of marine engines are alwaysput on in two pieces; they are almost always loose on the ; shaft, and are always capable of backing. The manner in which that shown in our plates of details is made, is a common one. The eccentric is loose upon… … ENGINES, DETAILS OF. 409 pins, each ground into both halves. Square keys would he preferable to round pins in this arrange-ment, as the pins tend to -wedge the jaws of the eccentric asunder. In some cases the halves of theeccentric are bolted together by means of flanges. The eccentric-rod shown in…
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