Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 467
It is sufficient to move the belt laterally, (along the cones.) in order to retard or accelerate the rot»tion of the scoop-wheel, witl rig the angular velocity of the other movable parts, and thus, consequently, to change the relation iu question, and of course the thickness of the paper made. !…
Mechanical engineering
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