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Definition of Jackshafts
1. jackshaft [n] - See also: jackshaft
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackshafts
Literary usage of Jackshafts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"... RP \T. (b) Belt splicing (c) Mounting motors and generators: Walls Ceilings
Floore (d) Coupling-". hunger*, jackshafts. mechanical reversing mechanisms. ..."
2. The Gasoline Automobile: Its Design and Construction by Peter Martin Heldt (1917)
"... shafts or jackshafts. Under any given conditions of operation a certain torque
is impressed upon the differential housing. ..."
3. The Gasoline Automobile: Its Design and Construction by Peter Martin Heldt (1918)
"The housing transmits it to the bevel pinions, the latter to the bevel gears and
these to the rear axle shafts or jackshafts. Under any given conditions of ..."
4. Electric Traction for Railway Trains: A Book for Students, Electrical and by Edward Parris Burch (1911)
"Motors are two 525-hp, 300-volt, mounted upon the locomotive frame and crank-connected
to jackshafts and to driver side rods. Weight.is 71 tons. ..."
5. Automobile Engineering: A General Reference Work by American Technical Society (1921)
"... method of adjusting them; the rear axle and wheels; the brakes; the differential,
of necessity becoming a part of the transmission; and the jackshafts. ..."
6. The Electric Railway by Alonzo Morris Buck (1915)
"The motors are spring-supported on the running gear, and are connected to jackshafts
which in turn drive the wheels through parallel rods. ..."
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