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link motion

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noun

  1. a mechanism controlling the valves of a steam engine, consisting of a slotted link terminating in a pair of eccentrics

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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This latter plan is also adopted for forms not easily ground out in a machine, as, for example, a die in a link of a link motion.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The eccentric straps and the pins in the link motion require an examination, which may be done while oiling the parts of the engine.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The head stock of a lathe—the back gear in particular—is about as hard a thing to improve as the link motion of a locomotive.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various

One form of valve-gear is the link motion invented by Stephenson.

From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth

The link motion is substantially the same as that shown in Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

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