A catechism of the steam engine in its various applications to mines, mills, steam navigation, railways, and agriculture. With practical instructions for the manufacture and management of engines of every class (1864)
Bourne, John · New York, D. Appleton & co. · leaf 257
eral lengths of screw shaft ?A.—There are. 480. Q.—How then are these secured to one another ? A.—The best mode of securing the several lengths of shafttogether is by forging the shafts with flanges at the ends, whichare connected together by bolts, say six strong bolts in each,accurately fitted to… … End of the Screw Shaft of Coereo, showing the mode of receivingthe Thrust. A, discs; B, tightening wedge. fast from friction, the others will be free to revolve. This ar-rangement, which is represented in^. 44, is used pretty exten- DETAILS OF THE RADIAL PADDLE WHEEL. 241 sively, and answers the…
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