Modern locomotive engineering, with questions and answers .. (1913)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co · leaf 276
itha thin coating of block tin, about one-sixteenth inchthick, which wears well andprevents heating. The holesfor the piston-rods are boredso that the piston-rods willbe perfectly parallel, andare tapered to insure a per-fect fit. The piston shown in Fig.127 is made with either castiron or cast… … Figure 129 270 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING of both piston-rods Is the same, both having equal workto perform. The\ are made large enough to resist strainsdue to any unequal pressure that may come uponthem in starting the locomotive from a state of rest.The cross-head end has a shoulder which preventsthe…
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