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 46
givcu to the cotter must not exceed the angle of repose ofmetal upon metal, which for greased surfaces may be taken at about 4°. Some authorities recom-mend a taper of 1 in 24 to 1 in 48 for simple cotters, and 1 in 8 to 1 in 16 when the slacking of thecotter is prevented by a screwed prolongation… … 38 GIG. cotter without a gib being employed in conjunction with it; it here maintains the bolt c in the holemade in the piece b to receive it. The action of the cotter is simply to wedge itself tightly into 2158.
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