Definition of Bedplates

1. bedplate [n] - See also: bedplate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedplates

bedmate
bedmates
bednet
bednets
bedo
bedole
bedone
bedotted
bedoubt
bedouin
bedouins
bedoven
bedpan
bedpans
bedplate
bedplates (current term)
bedpost
bedposts
bedquilt
bedquilts
bedrabble
bedrabbled
bedrabbles
bedrabbling
bedraggle
bedraggled
bedraggles
bedraggling
bedrail
bedrails

Literary usage of Bedplates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pumping Engines for Water Works by Charles Arthur Hague (1907)
"CHAPTER XXIV FRAMES AND bedplates To make a general statement of the case in hand: the force and motion derived from heat are modified and transmitted by a ..."

2. The Kinematics of Machinery: Outlines of a Theory of Machines by Franz Reuleaux (1876)
"Plummer Blocks, bedplates, Brackets and Framing. The plummer-block or pedestal makes, along with the spindle or shaft C+, the pair of elements Ct C~ ; it is ..."

3. Pattern Making: A Practical Treatise Embracing the Main Types of Engineering by Joseph Gregory Horner (1885)
"Types of bedplates.—Core-boxes.—Buckling of Castings.—Theory at Fault. THERE is no limit to the forms which bedplates may assume. But however their details ..."

4. Marine Engineers' Handbook by Frank W (Ed Sterling (1920)
"bedplates for merchant engines are cast iron of box section with either flat or dropped ... bedplates are proportioned for mass and rigidity rather than for ..."

5. A Treatise on Civil Engineering: Rev. and Ed. with Additions by Dennis Hart Mahan (1902)
"In this case, the rails were fixed upon two sleepers, bedplates being ... In these trials the rails were fastened upon four sleepers with bedplates, ..."

6. A Treatise on Civil Engineering by Dennis Hart Mahan (1877)
"In this case, the rails were fixed upon two sleepers, bedplates being interposed between the former and the latter, and the press being placed so as to act ..."

7. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"bedplates.—Where trusses or girders rest on the bridge seat or abutment, large steel plates, called bedplates, are placed on the masonry so as to distribute ..."

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