Locomotive operation; a technical and practical analysis (1904)
Henderson, G. R. (George R.), b. 1861 · Chicago, Railway Age · leaf 82
tal plane, even if itcould be made so in a vertical plane. The inertia of the rods,etc., acts at a certain distance from the center of the engine,and the centrifugal force of the counterbalance at another dis-timce, and in outside cylinder engines, a shorter one. Thiscauses a moment in a horizontal… … Fig. 19. acting at .P, and at a distance y from the center line of theengine. The counterbalance acts at P, a distance y from thecenter of the engine. There will then be a horizontal moment,which, if P = P, as is customary, will be equal to P(y — y), on account of the opposing forces acting in…
Locomotives
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