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Excerpt from Balancing of Engines, Steam, Gas, and Petrol: An Elementary d104-Book, Using Principally Graphical Methods; For the Use of Students, Draughtsmen, Designers, and Buyers of Engines; With Numerous Tables and Diagrams The development of the motor-car engine, and the successful installation of steam turbines for land and marine use, have been the means of directing more attention to the subject of engine balancing. The smooth running of an engine depends mainly on two factors: a more or less uniform torque on the crank-shaft, and good balance of the inertia forces of the engine. The latter forms the subject-matter of the present work; the former cannot be left without any mention, a chapter is therefore devoted to it. With the exception of a few analytical investigations, the method of treatment is graphical. In fact, the engineering student will recognize many geometrical methods with which he is familiar as applied to Statics of Structures. The only Standard work on Balancing of Engines hitherto available is by Professor W. A. Dalby, to which the Author is gently indebted. In dealing with longitudinal couples, the Author has generally adopted a purely graphical method, instead of the Semi-graphical, semi-arithmetical method used by Professor Dalby. Both methods have their own special merits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.