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 502
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… … form is now widely adopted. It is expedient to cast an oil-cup on the eccentric-hoop, and where it ispracticable, a pan should be placed beneath the eccentric, for the reception of the oil-droppings. Thenotch of the eccentric-rod, for the reception of the pin of the valve-shaft, is usually steeled,…
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