plummer block
Britishnoun
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About 6 ft. of shafting is coupled on in line with the motor shaft, and an extra plummer block fixed at the end.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 by Various
The eccentric for feathering the floats is fixed to the ship’s side, and sometimes carries a plummer block or pillow block for the paddle shaft bearing.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Pillow Block, Plummer Block, or Pedestal.—The ordinary form of plummer block is represented in fig.
From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan
The plummer block for receiving the thrust of the shaft is shown in fig.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.
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