Modern American locomotive engines; their design, construction and management. A practical work for practical men (1883)
Edwards, Emory, b. 1841 · Bridgeport, Conn., Frederick Keppy · leaf 198
w sat-isfy ourselves that thereach rod is the rightlength, by throwing thelever in the forward notch.Set the links plumb andmeasure from top of thelink block to top of the slotin link, throw the lever inthe back notch, set thelinks plumb and measurefrom bottom of block tobottom of slot in… … Fig. 59. these measurements on both links, as it often occurs, I 88 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES. even on new work, that one link will hang higher thanthe other for various reasons, sometimes owing to a de-pression in one frame. If this is found to be the case,and the variation is but slight, the lowest side…
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