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 49
a truism, that all machine workunder heavy strains, especially where reciprocal 32 SMALL ENGINES AND BOILERS. ing, or vibrating-, or high rotary speeds are involvedmust be iron and iron, so called, as to contactof parts. No liners or false strips of metal ofany kind must be interposed, and there… … CHAPTER VI. FURTHER DETAILS. It will be observed that the frame of the engineis squared top and bottom, and this can be doneby chipping and filing ; but it is wiser to take it toa machine shop and have it planed, where suchfacilities exist, for it and the guides must besquare with each other. In…
Steam-engines
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