Elementary lessons in steam machinery and the marine steam engine, with a short description of the construction of a battleship (1893)
Langmaid, Joseph, Gaisford, H · London, New York : Macmillan · leaf 95
otion of the slidevalve. This might be done by a crank and connecting rod ; butit is much more convenient to employ an eccentric with strapand rod, as shown in Fig. 38. An eccentric is a circular disc of metal which is keyed on tothe shaft in such a manner that its centre and the centre of theshaft… … 75
Steam-engines · Marine engines
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