connecting rod

The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1910 · p. 17

Machinery: 1. The rod connecting the piston-rod or cro -head of a locomotive engine with the crank of the driving wheel axle. 2. The coupling-rod which connects driving wheels on same side of a locomotive. 3. The rod connecting the cro -head of a be am engine with that end of the working beam which plays over the cylinder. ( Knight .)