ECCENTRIC

a device to produce a reciprocating motion from a rotary one; is used also to actuate the valves of engines, etc. It is a small crank. In detail, a disc carries the crank-shaft at some distance from jits centre. This disc or ‘sheave’ is made in two pieces to embrace the crank shaft, and the pieces are held together by a steel clip or strap. The centre of the disc moves round the shaft on a circular path. W.), town, W. Riding, Yorkshire, Eng.; extensive suburb, Manchester, Eng.; cotton mills. Pop. 1921, 44,237. ‘