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 89
ne, we double the number of feet the pistontravels in a given time, or we may double the steampressure; thus increasing the force, or the distancetraveled in a given time, increases the effect propor-tionally. 84 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES. This leads me to another apphcation to which theseprinciples can… … THE MECHANICAL POWERS. 85 dency to fracture the pin put through the line c b\ thatis, hft or tear the part A from the part B. The safe ten-sile load for cast iron is about 2,000 pounds per squareinch of section; hence to have the hub large enough,it must present an area of solid metal of…
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