Cyclopedia of mechanical engineering; a general reference work. Editor-in-chief Howard Monroe Raymond. Assisted by a corps of mechanical engineers, technical experts, and designers of the highest professional standing (1908)
American School (Chicago, Ill.), Raymond, Howard Monroe · Chicago American Technical Society · leaf 396
may be said to be the limiting case of the linkageshown in Fig. 48. This is the linkage which we have in the crank,connecting rod, crosshead and crosshead guides of a steam engine.The crank shaft corresponds to the pin A, the frame and guides 352 MECHANISM. 45 take the place of the slotted link AC,… … Pig. 48. Fig. 50 shows the same linkage, the links being representedby their center lines only. AD is the crank, DC the connect-ing rod, C the crosshead and AC the center line throuo-h the crankshaft and the guides. Suppose the crank has a length K and is making N rt-volu-tions per minute at a…
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