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The mechanical engineering of power plants (1906)

Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 73

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engine is not so completely andinflexibly secured to its foundation and a deeper foundation isthereby required, or an unequal settling of such foundationwill occur, if the concentrated load is not sufficiently widelydistributed. Fourth, when the piston-rod protrudes from thebottom head of such… … Fig. 15 make it very troublesome to make the stuffing-box tightenough to prevent leakage of water. THE MECHANISM OF ENGINES. 33; 18. Inverted Vertical Engines.—The cylinder of a verti-cal engine can be arranged to have the cylinder supported uponsuitable frames above the crank and shaft, or the…

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