Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 888
2094. … the inventor, Dr. Robert Hooke. The object of ihia coupling is to unite shafts which arc inclinedto each other in the line of direction, and which do not, tderefore, admit of being rigidly con-nected, as in ordinary cases. Tiiis coupling is very commonly employed in light machinery, as insteeple…
Mechanical engineering
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