A textbook on the locomotive and the air brake (1901)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa., International textbook co · leaf 219
sure (of either a gas or a liquid),the force exerted will tend to straighten the tube. This is dueto the fact that the force exerted within the tube tends to makeit assume the circular form shown at (c). In assuming thecircular form, the concave side a, see (d),oi the bent tube tendsto lengthen,… … §15 THE NEW YORK AIR BRAKE. the link c. This lever is pivoted at e, and the end j has theform of a toothed sector, which meshes with a pinion on thespindle i. The spindle i carries the red hand, or pointer, ofthe gauge, and rotates within a hollow spindle I, which carriesthe black hand. Tube B is…
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