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 444
the gear-wheel admits of connection to pumps if necessary. The drums are not keyed on to theshaft, but are brought into action by their respective clutches, which slide on feather-keys, and canthus be used separately or together as desired. The brakes are set by levers placed convenient tothe… … 426 MINE APPLIANCES. loaded directly into the car at the end of a drift, run to the shaft, placed upon the cage, hoisted tothe surface, and dumped, all at one operation. With either buckets or cages, the best results areobtained by winding the ropes on the drums in opposite directions, the one over…
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