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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 41

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ight A to turn the lever about the point Fas a center, wemultiply 124 by 46;^ (46^ being the distance of this weight from V), which gives 5,735.This means that the weight A exerts precisely the same tipping effect that a weight of5,735 pounds would exert, if hung on the lever at a distance of one… … A ^m Figs. 3 and 4.—Details op the Casting. the combined effect of the three weights is the same as the effect of a weight of5,735 + 1,676| + l,361j = 8,773|^ lbs. hung on the lever at a distance of one inch fromV. To this we may add the tipping effect of the levers own weight, which wecalculate in…

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