Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916, Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919 · New York : American Machinist Pub. Co · leaf 646
and at the shoulder, caused by driv-iDg the key hard enough to stretch the material inthe rod at the weakest point, which is where thekeyway is located. Thecrosshead key has so slighta taper that the rod can be broken by driving it toohard. In driving a crosshead key put a block ufwood on the… … wrongs. Theunreasonabledemands theythen make onlytend to hardeuthe higher offi-cials againstthem, until theemployes of aroad resembletwo armies fac-ing each otber,a battle beingavoided onlybecause each isafraid the otheris ttie stronger.One arioy iscomposed o fthe rank andfile demanding better…
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