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A part of the machinery is always above this deck; where the connecting-rod, in a strong and lofty frame, is seen working away like an iron top - sawyer.
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The massive walking-beam rose and fell above the deck; at one end a piston-rod worked up and down; and at the other was a connecting-rod which, in changing the rectilinear motion to a circular one, was directly connected with the shaft of the paddles.
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Fig. 70 is a detail of the Cross-Flow turbine, with one main bearing, the inlet part with gate-operating lever, and a part of the governor connecting-rod visible.
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But I had not much time to give him, because I was helping the engine-driver to take to pieces the leaky cylinders, to straighten a bent connecting-rod, and in other such matters.
Heart of Darkness 1960
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It consists merely of two wheels A and F connected by the link T; A being keyed on the shaft of the engine and F being rigidly secured to the connecting-rod.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. Various
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These are necessary in order that two deals may be operated upon simultaneously, each division being devoted to a separate deal, and likewise to enable the connecting-rod which works the frame to pass up the center and oscillate on a pin near the top, thereby avoiding the deep excavations and costly foundations required where the rod is engaged with the pin at the bottom.
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The mechanism controlling the water feed embodies the curved bar (25), connecting-rod (27) and flat guide-bar (29) as used for controlling the carbide feed in the "A" type of generator (Fig. 46).
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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The rack that advances the deals to the saws passes through a "bow" in the connecting-rod and the middle of the frame, the deals are placed on either side of it, on rollers purposely provided.
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The lower ends of the connecting-rod and the crank-pin possess a peculiar feature, inasmuch as by enlarging the diameter of the crank-pin, the ends of the brasses overlap, to a certain extent, the ends of the journal, thus holding the oil and affording increased lubrication.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Joshua Rose
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Up to now he had not pulled with all his strength as he feared to break some connecting-rod, wire or lever.
Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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