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 386
atch the notches in the key so that theyreadily turn to be set to the register number torelease the spindle. 1547. TRIPOD.—The legs are pivoted on atriangular prism, which allows the legs to be foldedinto a cylindrical staff. 1548. DOUBLE SPHERICAL SOCKET,used mostly on surveying instruments.… … 1550. MICROMETER SCREW ADJUSTMENT.— The tangent arm is made fast or loose on the shaft bythe spring dip and screw. Used mostly on theodo-lites and transit instruments. 1551. CORRECT PRINCIPLE in setting a hot-water house boiler. H, E, circulating pipes. B, water-back or coil. K, draw-off. D,…
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