Dunkerley, Stanley, 1870- · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green · leaf 33
the driving piiUey to the belt, and from the belt to 2-J MECHANISM. the following pulley, on account of the friction between thebelt and pulleys. The fiictional force between the belt andpulleys must therefore be sufficiently great to transmit thepower required, and this is effected by stretching… … Fig. 25. Fig. 26. a tendency to slip over the face of the pulley; but this freedomto slip is advantageous when the belt is used to drive machinerywhich is continually started and stopped or reversed, because ofthe shocks which take place when the mechanism which has to bedriven is suddenly thrown…
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