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The car wheel; giving the results of a series of investigations (1907)

Fowler, George Little, 1855-1926 · Pittsburgh, Pa., Schoen Steel Wheel Co. · leaf 84

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N WHEEL, 19,995 LBS. 20,000 lbs.; then by increments of i,ooo lbs. up to30,000 lbs. The second series was made with the same wheelresting on a lOO-lb. rail, starting at a load of 500 lbs.and increasing by increments of 500 lbs. up to 2,000lbs; then by increments of 1,000 lbs. up to 10,000lbs.; then… … CONTACTS OF 48%6-IN. STEEL-TIRED TRAILER TRUCK WHEEL, ATLANTICLOCOMOTIVE. WEIGHT ON WHEEL, 19,210 LBS, increments of i,ooo lbs. to 8,000 lbs.; then by 2,000lbs. to 30,000 lbs. and from that point by incrementsof 2,500 lbs. to 40,000 lbs. The fourth series was made with the 78-in. tire ona loo-lb.…

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