Inside Out Library · Explore

The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 354

An illustration from The Locomotive, 1867, leaf 354
. This represents thetension in the cord. Now place the10 lb. weight on the scale pan. Itwill be seen that the tension in thecord is reduced to 15 lbs., but thescale reading remains unchanged. Likening this to a bolted joint,the spring represents the bolt, thecord represents the plates joined bythe… … Fig. 2. g(j THE LOCOMOTIVE. [July, wt.) did not increase the tension in the bolt (spring balance). On the other hand, let us see what happens when we have an elasticjoint, as when a gasket is interposed. For this we will use the ap-paratus shown in Fig. i except that the incompressible blocks will…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

Internet Archive · Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from The Locomotive

More like this