Creighton, William Henry Paul, 1859- · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 404
now apparent, as it facilitates the rectification of the arcs. Accord-ing to Rankine the following method is accurate to nrW (Fig.210.) To rectify the circular arc AEB prolong the chord AB to C,making AC = %AB. With a center at C and a radius AC describean arc AD. At B draw a tangent, BD, limited… … Fig. 209. Fig. 210. illustrating the fact that there is no loss of energy, frictionexcepted, in the conversion of the to-and-fro work of the pistoninto the work of rotation of the crank-pin. It we divide the area of the card, Fig. 209, by its length andlay off a line parallel to the base with the…
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