Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise .. (1916)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago, F.J. Drake & company · leaf 403
e engine isshown in Fig. 132, and it will be seen that the crank isnow as much above the center as it was below in Fig. 131.Now with a. pair of large dividers ascertain the middle orhalf distance between marks B and C and put another markD, at this point. Then turn the engine a complete revolu-tion… … Fig. 132 D is in line with the marker? The answer is, that whilethis would undoubtedly save considerable labor, yet itwould almost certainly result in an error, on accoui^t of thelost motion of the moving parts, which would permit ofconsiderable movement of the wheel before any movementof the…
