Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "connect[s] the piston-rod of the steam-cylinder with the disk or crank that is attached to the fly-wheel shaft by means of a lever, or a disk acting as such, in a manner that enables the piston-rod to operate upon its connecting-bar in a longitudinal direction . . . thereby [avoiding] angular vibration of the connecting-rod and reduc[ing] friction of sliding surfaces" (lines 15-25).
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Description
Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "connect[s] the piston-rod of the steam-cylinder with the disk or crank that is attached to the fly-wheel shaft by means of a lever, or a disk acting as such, in a manner that enables the piston-rod to operate upon its connecting-bar in a longitudinal direction . . . thereby [avoiding] angular vibration of the connecting-rod and reduc[ing] friction of sliding surfaces" (lines 15-25).
Physical Description
[2], : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,167, dated December 11, 1883. Application filed April 5, 1883. (No model.)"
Barton, Alexander M. & Davis, Philip Z.Steam Engine, &c.,
patent,
December 11, 1883;
[Washington D.C.].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170669/:
accessed July 9, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.