Railway and Locomotive Engineering . tal multiplication of the levers employedamounts to 1,200 to 1 with the counter-poise at the end of the beam. To determine whether a track scaleweighs correctly is the function of theinspector with the test car. .Xt the rail-\ay scale shop or laboratory there is anaster scale whose sensibility reciprocalshould not be greater than 5 lbs., thatis, the weight required to be placed uponor removed from the platform to turn theIpcam from a horizontal position of equi-librium in the middle of the trig loop totl:e position lif equilibrium at the top orliottom of th
Railway and Locomotive Engineering . tal multiplication of the levers employedamounts to 1,200 to 1 with the counter-poise at the end of the beam. To determine whether a track scaleweighs correctly is the function of theinspector with the test car. .Xt the rail-\ay scale shop or laboratory there is anaster scale whose sensibility reciprocalshould not be greater than 5 lbs., thatis, the weight required to be placed uponor removed from the platform to turn theIpcam from a horizontal position of equi-librium in the middle of the trig loop totl:e position lif equilibrium at the top orliottom of the loop should not exceed 5lbs. for new scales and in the best masterscales it is considerably less. The coun-terpoise weights employed by these mas-ter scales and the scales themselves arecarefully tested against standard weightsso that when the test car is put on theplatform an accurate weighing is the inspection tour the test car iscarried from place to place, hauled at thevvAf till- train, .ind <.inutinus two cars.
Size: 1965px × 1272px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyork, bookyear19
