Grasshopper-Beam

“Grasshopper-beam. a, rocking pillar; b, radius-bar of the parallel motion which secures verticality to the piston-rod. GRASSHOPPER-BEAM. A form of working-beam used in some steam-engines.” -Whitney, 1911

Keywords

steam engine, grasshopper beam, grasshopper-beam, engine part, mechanical part, piston-rod

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Source

William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)

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