The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 315
rface of the cylindrical bearing ofthe axle. During the process the axle C would be laid in the semi-circular hollow of the under swage B, while the upper swage wouldbe kept firmly pressed upon the axle bearing, so as to cause it toreceive the blow the instant it was given on the top of the… … otherwise; it is only bad in its effects, provided we stop there. Butif we only take the trouble to anneal such a swaged axle after it hasreceived the most severe compression, by swaging or hammering atlow temperature {i. e. GO^ or thereabouts,) by simply heating itto a dull red heat, and laying it…
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