Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 884
is relation is manifestly independent of the diameter. The velocity due to the current of watt iused is always an ascertainable quantity, ami may therefore be regarded as known. Another determinate element of the calculation is the number of revolutions which it is desirable tin- wheel shouldmake… … in the simplest manner possible, and with the least quantity of intermediate geering. It is also importaut that tin- wheel have a velocity and dimensions rendering it capable of fulfilling the purpose <>t afly at the rate of motion which it is intended to maintain. If we put m to denote the…
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