The workingman's advocate., 1867-11-09

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+ 3 ~ psg11sn ~ vDrk, i b not en-
1-e4 NTH - heu1ty u sslf.prssorvstion,
40, enlsm = - prupesiy cared for. viii 81
enhjeet = numtsrler1 accidenis and Injuries.
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- operation This necsssaFy care requires
1 ne< lhs attribetes Of genius Or professional
1 skms bat simply the sxerciss Of common
sense II h By -pronpk Attapiipn To itils
thinss that the ue<io1ln lb4st14 snx x.da-
Hbihty Of Ill mechanical appliances are 90
cured When the bearings Of shafts ere not
oiled with snficient frequency. not only
tdoes the incrsasod fficsion nsnessila;e .
tgreater amount " power totdrise ths shaft.
but the journsls ere ahraded and destroyed
IN proportioaase degree. When the caps
Of journal box are left too loose the journal
/" wabbles - and, il there is gearing attach
ed 70 thu shnft ils teelh.ara dpichIg wouj
out OF their proper shape, whifei the csps
are scre~ed down too tight. the journal
heats, the lubricating material is forced out
or burned up, and both the shaft and bear
ing are soon rendered. WofthIess. These
matters may appear Of tri6ing consequence
but the aggregate loss resulting therefrous |
| - very great, and Is not confined to machin- |
cry empsoyed In manuiactufing opsr atians,
bat also, and probably in greater degree.
70 machines employed in agriculture Many
. thrcsher, horsepower, or harvester, has |
been anathematixed as being badly con-
structed. and been premstarsly disabled. /
when few drops OF oil or two or TIRES turns /
q wrench Was all that was required to set
things perfectly TO rights. Many other items
might be specified in which little attention to
details, requiring only m ordinary applica-
tion o. common-sense, will guard against
great and unnecessary waste OF power and
Hear cf machlnery: but these are Sufficient
20 illustrate the almost self-evident PROPOSE
ton that, while talent Is required to origin
ate, and practical knowledge to properly I
construct, machinery, its most efficient .per-
alton and ths pecunlary returns resulting
lherefrom can only he secared by bringing
to bear upon its mana cement the plain and !
undenispie principles derived from every
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employment Of COMMON sease.-Ezehangs.
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t"ae iamliiarity oreeds con-
tempt Whetherthis is so or not, iris F.
very sure that " Familiarity produces care. .
lessness or Indifference . Men who have :
spent years among machines, and know Their Q.
power, their lnexcrable ard nnpity ing course. =
their Disregard for tez3a iss iss q ifmb- t6eir y
impetus when nat heli liza I i u
yicious horss. A vsII In h.oa sso,e "a ,c,k y
,y,,, 49,. ,s;~a.- - -. !. ee-1s ~ ~ ~.
most irresistible force a nisvshs--s' wn;@ 4.
nay not only be governed by iegrtimatsI :
neanss but played aud toyed with How A
'ieen we st the engineer or " greaser or =
tatlcnary % marine snGiae, foiaewsng the 10
!, Ioo WIN one nand ,snd with the ~,
y s@a Va une osner, snow'ng ms hand and
rm pass 'nroasn space which barely 10
81 mts sne passage of bis limb, and doing
his wltH apparent uncpucern. We have
- ue sns'nser OF IN upright stationary
.ae 'y"r1er OK wnicn was on one
- - go Hs'sag oeam aooSe an upper
~ W 'ne Cross nead ana travel up
~ uoss hai ao1en times, oiling thef
'uEs' nc = man weighing over two hun y
.us .aa passing tarougn hole !
Y 'sess .ean seurseen Inches sqdafe. a Il
lis-step would have been fatal or nearly 80
at least ths adyenturer would have been l
Opelessfy crnshed To cotton mills il used
be not uncommon 10 ne. ths ). niacer ), AZ 4
mule reach over TO attach g broken s. end.r
hen the outward csmink earriare would
lmost take him FROM his feat. which ever.l
'ooid have pierced his abdomen with sever
rapidly revolving and sbArply- poln ted
tssi spindles. insuring ~ certain death a.
ne spinnsng ball from spirally -grooved
'ne A4.lf eN ~ s'a -c-sH "a
Tbs osselessssss. which becomes, In time. !
abb, leads, noe seldom. TO unpleasant, II
OF 'atAi, results. The operator Of ma
n,ue, having learned all It's points " and
ehev'ng ne conuois ail its powers, fire.
uenuy assumes mana cement yhieh he 10
icompetent TO oversee, and becones care
IS the machine refuses TO obey HIS be- / =
ests, and he Is Raactsd in "a arm, or leg. :
lie :
we recollect, 10 our practic. as mechan- y,
:, a foreman who ridiculed the idea OF throw. v
* bolt from the shaft for repairing or
taking up" prefurring II shouiIbe paIaeed
Fhile hanging in dang erous contiguity with
witty revolving palleys or couplinps and n
tempted the mending Of belt while hang y
~ on shaft in slarm,ng proximity to these
are nothings for human l.se. lie lost his IN
run ana nearly lost bis life. He had liule
ympathy but much annovanes.and pet
tile trouble
AZ tie fair OF the Americas Inst,tute ~
lew York city week or two ago practical n
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