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The most familiar example of the me of a connecting rod 

 .the iteam -engine. ied to connect the rotir 



crank with th- (...) matting piston. The rod itself in ma. 

 wrooght iron or eteel, and ii generally circular or rectangut> 

 wet: ends of the rod are fitted with step*, which am 



held together in a variety of ways. 



<P EtuL of connecting rod end. whi, I, in not 



so common as it used to be, is sh<> >1 \ /) is 



ithown a 'h all the parts pot together, 



details are shown separately. 



\ It is the end of the rod whi.-h i.utts against the brass bush 

 pieces. A strop E passes round the bush 



have rectangular holes in them. \On.li are not quite opposite 



asitmiiir !:! in the rod when the parts are put together. If 



a wedge or colter F l !!* three holes they will 



tend to come in to 1m.-. and the parUof the bush will Depressed 



together. T<> the cotter op* -!i- strap, and to 



!'-ase the sliding surface, a gi B he gib is 



provided >\ ith h-.rns at its emU to keep it in its place. Some- 



times two gibs are used, one on each side of the cotter ; this 



ling surface on both sides of the cotter the same. 



by a set screw K 



Jit of the irili. or to the left of the 

 cotter, is rail. -I the ffainrimv or drtm 



ExKftCOE 62 : Connecting & M akc the following view. 



.H! end Ulustrated by fig. 61. First, a vertical 



ction. the fuune as ahown at (a). Second, a horizontal section. 



he first an -ws 



n a half vertical section and half elevation ; and 

 he second ami fourth views may be combined in a half horisontal 

 ection and half plan. 



All the 4im*T*i are to be taken from the detail drawings <6>. 



,n, f <l >t tdr*~n~prt*l9. The 



rass bush is shown at (rf) by half elevation, half vertical section. 



