link motion
Britishnoun
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The report of 1854 mentions that the Pioneer used link motion.
From The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 United States Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 42, 1964 by John H. White
One form of valve-gear is the link motion invented by Stephenson.
From The Story of Great Inventions by Elmer Ellsworth Burns
The steam blast thrown into the smokestack by Hackworth, the tubular boiler of Seguin and the link motion of Stephenson were then, as they now are, the essential features of locomotives.
From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle
Q.--Is a similar method of setting the valve adopted when the link motion is employed.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by John Bourne, C.E.
Thus, while a link motion may be complete in itself, the length of its eccentric rods will usually require correcting when placed upon the engine.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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