Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise on the care and management of steam engines, boilers and electric machinery (1922)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 490
s horizontal the bar or The Indicator 417 pendulum is to be pivoted at a fixed point directly above^ andin line with the side of the crosshead, as that is generallythe most convenient point of attachment. The pivot canbe fixed to a permanent standard bolted to the frame ofthe engine^ or it may be… … Fig. 171 nection with the crosshead is best accomplished by meansof a short bar or link. A convenient length for this bar isone-half the stroke of the engine. To locate the correctpoint for the pivot, assuming the length of the short barto be one-half the length of the stroke, proceed as…
