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The mechanical engineering of power plants (1897)

Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853- [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 309

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th of bed-plates of cast iron is rarelymade a matter of calculation. To make it more than heavyenough and to dispose the metal in It in forms pleasing to theeye, which secures solidity and grace combined in a design,have been the objects which will be apparent from the studyof successful practice.… … ENGINE FOUNDATIONS AND BED-PLATES. 273 to be arrested at the crank-pin. The effect of these is hke ablow of some intensity, and there should be mass enough inthe bed-plate to have it serve the purpose of an anvil. Whenthere is sufficient mass in the bed-plate, it will absorb vibra-tions caused by…

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