Modern locomotive engineering, with questions and answers .. (1913)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co · leaf 79
nposition is at the foot end, where it is connected tothe head by two rivets. With a correctly designedbrace the pull on these rivets is direct and the tensilestrength of the ma- \ a. terial needs to be /«^^jr^ considered only, but ^ 0W^~ -/^^ if the form of the N. I ,^^^^^^^^^^dsf brace is such as… … Figure 25 .everage exerted upon the rivets in addition to thedirect pull. Fig. 24 shows a brace of incorrect design and Figs. 25 and 26show braces designedalong correct lines. The problem of prop-erly staying the flatcrown sheet of a hori-zontal fire-box boiler, especialh a locomotive boiler,is a…
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