Ripper, William, 1853-1937 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 310
onnecting-iodis used, then the disturbing force isgreater still, as has already been seen. This tendency to end vibration maybe neutralized by the addition of anotherpair of similar engines working on a common bed-plate tendingto produce an opposite couple, and arranged so that the two insidecranks… … Fig. 349. 294 STEAM-ENGINE THEORY AND PRACTICE. and so long as the ])ed-plate is sufficiently strong no vibration istransmitted to the £ounda,tion. The above four-engine arrangement is equivalent to the following(Fig. 351), which is a triple engine with the middle crank carryingreciprocating parts…
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