Small engines and boilers; a manual of concise and specific directions for the construction of small steam engines and boilers of modern types ... for amateurs and others interested in such work (1899)
Watson, Egbert P. (Egbert Pomeroy) · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 102
ank,where crank and pin are combined in one body.It is supposed to have, by some, an irregularvelocity, but this is not correct, for any givenpoint in its body moves at a regular speed aroundthe shaft, the same as a crank-pin does. There is a long side and a short side to aneccentric, so to speak,… … Fig. 27. 86 SMALL ENGINES AND BOILERS. only variation being as it approaches the centreor points of no travel, when changing from onedirection of motion to the other. The idea ofan irregular motion was doubtless obtained fromlooking at the long side, and at the short sidealternately. The throw of…
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