DECK MACHINERY

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is always under the control of the engine. The operation of lowering
is slower but safer than trusting to the brake overcoming gravity as
in the clutch winch.

Fig 29 —Windlass Forward Side

Fig. 30.-—Windlass After Side.
Steam Capstan.—Figure 28 illustrates a capstan driven by a steam
engine under the deck and controlled from above. The engine works
in the same way as 'an ordinary winch. The oscillating motion of the
piston is communicated by the piston rod and crankshaft to the eccentric,
and this rotates the horizontal shaft which engages by spur a&d bevd