Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789-1874 · London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green · leaf 203
y of the millstone as a whole, causing inmotion an unequal centrifugal action in proportion to thedenser parts preponderating above or below the plane ofsuspension. In order to obviate this evil, there is introduced into the back ofthe runner four balance boxes, as shown in fig. 300 at b b.… … the screws d d, which pass down the centre of the weights. Thenumber of the weights depends on the number required to pro-duce the perfect standing balance. From this it will be seenthat the standing balance must be first attained, and then, byraising or lowering the weights in the balance boxes,…
Mills and mill-work · Machinery
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