They thus acquired the names of Eccentrics or Epicycles, the latter word signifying a circle upon a circle.
When the eccentrics are being examined particular attention should be paid to the bolts, nuts, safety-cotters and set-pins.
They should be of the fixed slide-valve pattern, with double eccentricsfitted on the middle axle shaft, and reversing lever brought to quadrant on foot plate.
After lunch theEccentrics took the field, and the Dulwich men went to the wickets.
Some Eccentrics & a Woman First Published in 1911 [Illustration: A VIEW from the PUMP ROOM, BATH.
When the lead is equal at each end, the rods are of correct length, and the amount of the lead must be regulated by moving the eccentrics as already directed.
This being done, we have the eccentrics approximately adjusted and may proceed to the final adjustment, in which the first thing to do is to find the exact dead centers of the crank.
Bayley, sketched with graphic vigour the meetings of the Eccentrics at the old tavern in May's-buildings.
A B are two eccentrics projecting in opposite directions from the center of the common drive shaft, their rods being connected at their outer ends by a curved and slotted link C D.
From the lower end of this yoke, a rod connects to the crank shaft upon which are the two fly wheels and the eccentrics for the steam valves.
From the eccentric sheave, or wheel, having shifted on the shaft, some eccentrics having a key that is not sunk in the sheave, which is done so that the eccentric may shift rather than break if it should seize in its strap.
The eccentrics are attached to the cranked axles at E' E''.
The performance of the engine is materially affected by the position of the eccentricson the working axle.
This is accomplished by fixing the eccentrics not precisely at right angles to the respective cranks, but a little in advance of that position.
The position of the eccentrics which is necessary to make the pistons drive the engine forward must be directly the reverse of that which would cause them to drive the engine backwards.
Proper mechanism may be provided, by which either or both pairs of eccentrics may be thrown in or out of gear.
The eccentrics for driving the engine backwards are placed outside the cranks at F' F''.
First, The eccentrics may be capable of revolving on the great working axle, and also of sliding upon it through a small space.
Once more we are in the High Street, where I shall just sketch two or three singularities, without which my notice of the eccentrics of Cheltenham might be deemed imperfect.
Mr Timbs, in his book upon English Eccentrics and Eccentricities, introduces us to a collection of funny people, with whom it is good company to pass an hour.
The two eccentrics were secured to a sleeve or barrel, which fitted loosely on the crank-shaft, between the two cranks, so as to turn freely.
The new motion, installed by the Michigan Central, uses double eccentrics with V-hooks for each cylinder.
He was one of the innumerable eccentrics who have been right, one of the prophets who have been in the beginning without honor, not only in respect to their own country, but in respect to their times.
It is the neatest way to key the eccentrics on to the shaft with a small steel wedge.
M is one of the eccentrics working the slide-valve.
These eccentricsare turned on a mandrel having double centres, one pair serving when turning the boss, and the other when turning the eccentric itself.
This spindle has also two double eccentrics fixed upon it, immediately under the levers, so that in every revolution it lifts those levers twice, and at the same time lifts the agitator.
The eccentrics are formed of wrought iron, and have 4-1/8 inches of throw.
In the modern engines the eccentricsare forged on the axles.
Stephenson and Hawthorn leave holes in their eccentrics on each side of the central arm, and they apply pinching screws in each of these holes.
How are the eccentricsof a locomotive constructed?
The purpose of the double eccentrics is to enable an improved arrangement of valve gear to be employed, which is denominated the link motion, and which will be described hereafter.
The method of fixing the eccentric to the shaft by a pinching screw is scarcely sufficiently substantial; and cases are perpetually occurring, when this method of attachment is adopted, of eccentrics shifting from their place.
M is the cylinder, R the connecting rod, C C the eccentrics by which the slide valve is moved; J J is the steam pipe by which the steam is conducted from the steam dome of the boiler to the cylinder.
There are double eccentrics fixed on the shaft, whereby the movement of the slide valves is regulated.
Then the friction on the neck of the shaft is made one half less by being divided between the two bearings, and the short prolongation of the shaft beyond the journal is convenient for the attachment of the eccentrics to work the valves.
In the event of the eccentrics slipping round upon the shaft, which you stated sometimes happens, is it necessary to perform the operation of setting the valve as you have just described it?
The end lifts which transfer the weight of the bridge to the piers when the span is closed consist of massive eccentrics having a throw of 4 in.
One motor is placed at each end of the span to operate the eccentrics and also to release the latches and raise the rails of the steam track.
In the Ptolemaic system the earth’s centre was regarded as the centre of the universe, and the movements of the heavenly bodies were explained byeccentrics and epicycles.
The truth is that a certain flexible sympathy with eccentrics of this kind is rather one of the advantages of an aristocratic tradition.
A people living on such a lofty but level tableland do not understand the ups and downs of the English temperament; the temper of a nation of eccentrics or (as they used to be called) of humorists.
The eccentrics B, C, are mounted on the shaft so they project in opposite directions.
While cams and eccentricsmay be relied on to a certain extent, there are numerous places where the motion must be made positive and continued.
A has two eccentrics B, C, the upper eccentric B being connected with the upper end of a slotted segment D by means of a stem E, and the other eccentric C is connected with the lower end of the segment by the stem F.
A study of the cams and eccentrics will show that the transference of motion is limited, the distances being generally very small; so that the rack and pinions add considerably to the scope of the movement.
The clatter was infernal; the pistons seemed trying to jump out of the cylinders, while the throws and eccentrics lost all semblance of good order.
The steady throb, the clank of the throws, and the hum of the eccentrics rose to the pilot-house in cadence as regular as the heart-throbs of a healthy ox.
All the English eccentrics rushed into the ranks of rebel sympathizers, leaving few but well-balanced minds to attach themselves to the cause of the Union.
By natural affinity the social eccentrics commonly sympathized with political eccentricity.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "eccentrics" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
