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It should be mounted as near as possible to the bearings; otherwise the alinement of the shaft will be destroyed and its strength impaired.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by Mathot, R. E.

This ruled glass plate is an alinement test plate for detecting defects in alinement.

From The Ear in the Wall by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

For alinement and arrangement of elements, follow the format of the series for which the manuscript is intended.

From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby

How else explain the alinement of the cubes behind the Keeper against the globes and pyramids remaining loyal to the will of the Disk?

From The Metal Monster by Merritt, Abraham