n greatly simplified in its mechanicalarrangements. Its bulk has thus been diminished, as well as l 2 147 STEAM NAVIGATION. the cost of construction; and the profitable tonnage of thevessel has been increased in a corresponding proportion. Thebeam and its appendages have been very generally laid… … rotation of the cranks by connecting-rods, which consequentlyhave an oscillation between the extreme points of the play of thecranks. In other cases the cylinders themselves receive this oscillation.In such cases the connecting-rods are dispensed with, and theends of the piston-rods are immediately…
Steam-engines · Steam-navigation · Locomotives
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