Locomotive engine running and management .. (1899)
Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 290
setting. FINDING THE DEAD-CENTERS. The best way of finding the true center is by movingthe cross-head a measured distance round its extremetravel, recording the extent of movement on the driv-ing-wheel tire, whose motion is uniform; then bisect-ing the distance between the marks on the tire,… … Fig. 18. extend a tram on the cross-head, and mark the ex-treme point reached b. Put a center-punch mark c onthe wheel-cover, or other convenient fixed point, andfrom it extend a tram on the edge of the tire, andscratch an arc d. Now, with tram in hand, watch the 242 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE RUNNING.…
Locomotives
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