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 216
e circumference through which the handle moves will be about 44 in., and for one turn ofthe wheel the handle must pass through 5 x 44 = 220. The wheel carries a pinion of, say, 3 leaves,of a pitch of one-third of an inch, working the rack that carries the weight; one turn of the pinionwill,… … CD
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