Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 129
326, theshaft may be carried under the foot-path or to a floor above. The diameter of the path should befrom 25 to 30 feet, and the Bpeed of the horse should be at the rate of about 2i miles per hour. Fig. 2328 represents a form of horse-power arranged on a different principle from the foregoing.In…
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