Stationary steam engines, simple and compound; especially as adapted to light and power plants (1902)
Thurston, Robert H[enry], 1839-1903. [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 307
safety-coupling between the two. Aflange is forged on the dynamo-shaft, a cone is keyed andpinned on the engine-shaft, and a solid bush is bolted to theflange and drawn on the cone so as to create driving-friction 1. For details of this interesting construction see the papers of Prof. H. J. Ryanand… … I)irilci-co-\.\kctki) Straight-line Engine. Direct-connected engines are often of great size. Thusthe West End Street Railway Company of Boston havetwo Rice & Sargent cross-compound engines, direct-con-nected to electric generators, of which the general dimen-sions are as follows :…
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