Model engine construction, with practical instructions to artificers and amateurs (1894)
Alexander, John Henry. [from old catalog] · London, New York, Whittaker · leaf 182
and the cross-head is attached toone end of a large beam, which oscillates by itscentre in bearings fixed on supporting columns; thereciprocating movement of the piston is communi-cated to the beam, and by it is transmitted through BEAM ENGINE. 159 the connecting-rod at its opposite end to the… … Fig. 50.—The Parallel Motion. which is known as the parallel motion (seeFig. 50). From what we have just said, it will be seen thatit is impossible to join the cross-head and the beamdirectly together, so they are connected by meansof a short rod AB, which with the other two rodsDA, DC, together…
Steam-engines · Machinery
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