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 693
aver-age grade of 580 ft. to the mile is made (including stoppages) in about 11 minutes, the distance being3,300 ft. The motive power is supplied by a 30-horse-power engine. An ingenious device for at-taching the cars to the rope, invented by Col. W. H. Paine, C. E., is represented in Fig. 3657.… … RAILROADS, STREET. 663 BB are two brakes operated by chains cc, which wind on the brake-spindle A. At P P are twogrooved rollers, placed so as to embrace the rope. L L are two links connecting the brakes androllers. The apparatus is secured under the car in a frame F. To start the car, the brakes…
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