Ripper, William, 1853-1937 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 281
ting-rod with outside bearingsfor attachment to a solid cross-head. It was a type largely usedsome years ago on Lancashire mill engines, but is now largely dis-placed by more direct and less expensive forms of connecting-rods.The higher speeds and pressures of to-day necessitate the line… … ENGINE DETAILS. It-, rod, with the flat beds and wide-spreading gudgeons of some yearsago. In the latter tyjje it is ahiiost impossible to maintain theperfect alignment of the connecting-rod, and if the brasses on bothsides are not adjusted exactly similarly, the work is liable to be doneon one…
Steam-engines
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