File:Beam-propeller engine.jpg
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English: A beam-propeller engine, also known as a "beam and geared" or "geared beam" engine. This was a type of marine steam engine that utilized a slow rpm beam engine to turn a screw propeller using upward gearing.
In the diagram, Cy is the piston, PR the piston rod, AB the beam, pivoting on the pin O. BC is the connecting rod, RC the crank turning the spur wheel SW, which works the pinion P thus turning the propeller shaft, S. |
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Source | Evers, Henry (1873): Steam and the Steam Engine: Land, Marine and Locomotive, William Collins, Sons & Co., London and Glasgow, p. 90. | ||||
Author | Henry Evers | ||||
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