Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 175
above. In thetandem compound, however, in either form the entire work ofthe two cylinders is exerted through the common piston-rodupon one crank-pin. The great development of the compound engine for marinepractice involves the advantages of applying the work of thetwo cylinders to separate cranks.… … Fig. 93. cranks of such engines with two cylinders are likely to standin one of three relative positions to each other. The firstand most natural is to have the cranks opposite or 1800 apart.By this arrangement the two cranks are on opposite sidesof the shaft, and therefore the weights of the…
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