Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 870
the inventor, Dr. Robert Hooke. The object of this coupling is to unite shaft3 which are inclinedto each other in the line of direction, and which do not, therefore, admit of being rigidly con-nected, as in ordinary cases. This coupling is very commonly employed in light machinery, as insteeple…
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