Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 325
o take the exhaust-pipe or drip toa point into which water will naturally gravitate. Further-more, the cylinder is free to expand with heat all in onedirection, without producing a tendency to flex or distort thebed-plate. The Tangye and Corliss bed-plate designs are susceptibleof combination or… … ENGINE FOUNDATIONS AND BED-PLATES 271 carries the principle of permitted expansion to its logical endby having the crank-bearings tied to the cylinder by straight-line braces bolted to both, but the cylinder is not fastenedto the foot which supports it, but simply rests upon a bearing-surface. The…
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