Power in Motion: Horse Power, Wheel Gearing, Driving Bands, and Angular Forces (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Power in Motion: Horse Power, Wheel Gearing, Driving Bands, and Angular Forces

IN this short treatise the general laws that govern power in motion are exhibited in Simple form, to meet the known wants of practical men engaged in engineering works that require the employment of horses, hoists, block and tackle, wheel gearing, and long and Short driving bands, of wire rope or of leather.

The aim is, so to explain the essential principles, that the value of means proposed for the performance of work, under the varied circumstances of common practice, may be easily determined.

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