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journal box

noun

Machinery.
  1. a box or housing for a journal and its bearing.


journal box

noun

  1. machinery a case enclosing or supporting a journal, often used as a means of retaining the lubricant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of journal box1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Investigators determined that wreck resulted from an overheated journal box that caused an axle to snap.

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Investigators later concluded that the journal box had burned off and an axle snapped at high speeds.

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The main spindle at the front end works in a journal box c, that is cylindrical to fit the headstock, but double coned within to afford journal bearing to the spindle a.

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The cast-iron shoes which serve as guides for the journal boxes also act as spacers between the pedestal plates.

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For the test the front pedestals, which held the journal boxes of the leading wheels, were cut off and a Bissell pony truck was substituted.

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