Mechanical and marine engineering science ... Specially written as a handbook to the Board of Trade examinations for extra-first-class engineers (1909)
Somerscales, A. N · Glasgow : J. Munro; London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent · leaf 123
result in a natural balance, very nearly in all respectsperfect, figure 33, is drawn. In this engine no balance weights arerequired. We have here four cylinders and four cranks; thecylinders are in pairs; A and B form one pair, placed on oppositesides of the shaft, with their cranks at 180 degs., C… … Fig. 33- gears of the engines are symmetrically placed with respect to themiddle line like the cranks, and that the reciprocating parts of eachengine are of the same weight. The points to notice are, first, that ■the crank shaft is balanced of itself, both statically and djnamicallyas already…
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