. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . eniently taken from the crosshcad. Thereis no plan imiversally applicable, a com-mon method Iciiir in use being to attacha reducing lever lo the crosfthend which ispivoted I a temporarily arranged plankor block of wood secured to the runningiToanl of the loioniotive or in the case slalionary engine, the lever may bepivoted lo a scantling braced from the top <i| the engine bed to the ceiling—anykind of arrangement that will present asuitalile surface at the proper height. Thecareful ad
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . eniently taken from the crosshcad. Thereis no plan imiversally applicable, a com-mon method Iciiir in use being to attacha reducing lever lo the crosfthend which ispivoted I a temporarily arranged plankor block of wood secured to the runningiToanl of the loioniotive or in the case slalionary engine, the lever may bepivoted lo a scantling braced from the top <i| the engine bed to the ceiling—anykind of arrangement that will present asuitalile surface at the proper height. Thecareful adjustment of the cord that con-veys the motion from the reducing leverto the drum is necessary, but the locationof the point is not difficult, as it will beeasily calculated by comparing the lengthof the stroke of the engine piston ininches with the li«gth of diagram that ispossible to be described. Recent improvements have added great-ly to the facility with which the indicatordiagrams may be taken. The best form ofindicator is now equipped with a reducingwlieel which dispenses with the iiiter-. iNiiu xioK Willi KXii)Si;i) .siRiNr,. attachmenis on the crosshead,leading <lireclly from the reducingwheel _to the crosshead. the reduction ofspeed lielwcen the reducing wheel anddrinn being occasioned by the use of aspiral moving in gearing allached lo thedrum. Oiher improvements ad<l to theaccuracy fif the inslrumenl, a feature be-ing the arrangement of the coiled springin an open casing, thereby avoiding theheating effecl caused by enclosing thespring in the cylinder lo which the steamis adinilled. llur illustration shows a Tabor indi-catfir by the Asbcroft Co., page ioriiari, 1910. Celebrated Steam Fncii. The application of the sleani engineto navigatio
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