Lexicographical Neighbors of Crossheads
Literary usage of Crossheads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of Machine Design by William Cawthorne Unwin (1907)
"CHAPTER VIII crossheads AND SLIDES * crossheads 148. ' Crosshead ' is the name
given to the part which ... 127, T29, show crossheads forked, with pins on ..."
2. Union Engineering Handbook: Pumping Machinery, Air Compressors, Condensers by Earl P. Ordway, Union Steam Pump Company (1921)
"crossheads are of semi-steel with parallel fitted bronze shoes on top and bottom.
Crosshead pins are of high-carbon steel accurately turned and ground to ..."
3. Railroad Shop Practice: Methods and Tools by Frank Arthur Stanley (1921)
"The fixtures for babbitting blocks for single-bar crossheads and gibs for double-bar
crossheads are so devised as to FIG. 66. FIG. 67. FIGS. 66-67. ..."
4. Elementary Machine Drawing and Design by William Crosby Marshall (1912)
"Steam engines, power pumps, and air compressors are some of the most common
machines using crossheads. Fig. 124 shows the principal parts of a horizontal ..."
5. The Kinematics of Machinery: Outlines of a Theory of Machines by Franz Reuleaux (1876)
"... is exactly similar to the compound bedplate (§ 112) in which the element C is
used in precisely the same relative positions. § crossheads and Guides. ..."
6. A Manual of Marine Engineering: Comprising the Designing, Construction, and by Albert Edward Seaton (1890)
"Piston-Rod crossheads and Gudgeons.—When there are two piston-rods, as in the
case of the return connecting-rod engine, they are united to a common ..."
7. Handbook of Mining Details (1912)
"SAFETY APPLIANCES Hooks and Thimbles—crossheads and Safety Catches—Landing Chairs,
Shaft Gates and Other Appliances—Notes on Mine Track and Switches. ..."
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