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 79
ntricwith the wheel, and the rods, therefore, are moved in and outas the wheel revolves, and impart a corresponding motion tothe floats. In some feathering wheels the proper motion isgiven to the rods by means of an eccentric on the ships side.The action of paddle wheels, whether radial or… … ENGINES FOR DRIVING THE SCREW. 63 are divided into two great classes,—geared engines and directacting engines; and each of these classes again has manyvarieties. In screw vessels, the shaft on which the screw ifrequires to revolve at a much greater velocity than is requiredin the case of the paddle…
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