The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 20
d, by which they may be detached from, and ■attached to the levera, at pleasure. It will be seen, by a little attention to tlie figure, thatthe changing of the eccentric rods, when the crank is at C, will pro-duce no alteration in the position of the valve, neither is it necessaryit should, because… … Fig. 2. Let us now suppose the crank to be at B, the eccentrics will now beat/, g, and the |)iston about the middle of the cylinder. When theengine is intended to work in the direction of F, the rod belonging toy; must be attached to the lever, which will cause it to stand at //, andconsequently…
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