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Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist" (1908)

Porter, Charles T. (Charles Talbot), 1826-1910 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 85

An illustration from Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist", 1908, leaf 85 — the crank and the pillow-block. Fifteenyears later I saw a large engine sent from Belgium to our 1876Exhibition which was made in this manner. I determined at once that such a construction would not dofor high-speed engines, and proceeded to change every one of thesefeatures. The single crank could… … OLD AND NEW CRANKSAND JOURNAL BOXES. THE CRANKS ARE SHOWN IN THE VERTICAL POSITION. CRANKS AND TOP AND BOTTOM BOXES ARE SHOWN IN SECTION.

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