driving-axle

Box blowers are generally constructed in an upright position where the driving-axle is vertical; all other constructions have experienced significantly higher friction losses and sealing problems.

3.1 Bricked brattice, bricked duct 1993

This machine was laid on its side, with the armature end coming out at the front of the locomotive, and the motive power was applied to the driving-axle by a cumbersome series of friction pulleys.

Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 1 1910

This adjusted the "link-motion" mechanism, which is operated by the driving-axle, and cut off the steam entering the cylinders in such a way that it expanded more fully and economically, thus saving fuel without loss of power.

Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers Russell Doubleday 1910

This machine was laid on its side, with the armature end coming out at the front of the locomotive, and the motive power was applied to the driving-axle by a cumbersome series of friction pulleys.

Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905

By degrees the unwieldy mass of misshapen metal was pounded into a cylindrical form, and Will Garvie informed his friends that this was the beginning of the driving-axle of

The Iron Horse 1859