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 127
g tobalance one half the reciprocatingweights of the engine, over and abovethe parts which revolve with the crankpin. The engine then runs with an■over-balance horizontally, but witha. very much less vertical vibrationthan if not balanced at all. Locomotive engines are balancedupon the same… … As regards the slide valves and their gear, of course, a similarmethod could be adopted, as with the main engine. But it isinconvenient to fix balance weights upon eccentrics, neither is itnecessary. By altering the position and amount of two of thebalance weights upon different cranks, the same…
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