Mechanical movements, powers and devices; a treatise describing mechanical movements and devices used in constructive and operative machinery and the mechanical arts, being practically a mechanical dictionary, commencing with a rudimentary description of the early known mechanical powers and detailing the various motions, appliances and inventions used in the mechanical arts to the present time, including a chapter on straight line movements, by Gardner D. Hiscox (1914)
Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, 1822?-1908 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 168
585. FLEXIBLE BALL JOINT. — Flangesare cast upon the spherical ends of the pipes.The joint is packed with a lead ring and drawntogether with bolts at any angle within its limit. … 586. FLEXIBLE PIPE JOINTS, forsubmarine pipe lines. The head joint isfirst made up in the gland. The flangejoint is bolted when the pipe is laid in lineready for lowering. 587. FLEXIBLE PIPE JOINT, in whichthe lead joint is made between a dividedsocket, which does not require the pouring otmelted…
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