Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 92
THE MECHANISM OF ENGINES. 51 First, those attaching to a transmission of the work throughso many joints indirectly to the crank-pin. Secondly, theobjection in marine practice to having the weight of the … beam so far above the centre of gravity of the hull. Third,the objection in war-ship practice to having a vulnerable partof the mechanism exposed and a part whose destruction is fatal. 52 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF POWER PLANTS. These objections gave rise at an early date to the adoptionof the…
Mechanical engineering · Steam power plants
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