Miller, Kempster Blanchard, 1870-1933 · New York : McGraw publishing company · leaf 867
windlass a three and one-half horsepower horizontal en-gine and capstan mounted on a low wagon is used. By suitablegearing the engine causes the capstan to revolve slowly. Thismethod was used in the recent extensive underground constructionwork in St. Louis by the Bell Telephone Company, of… … FIG. 620.—DIU.WING IN BY STEAM POWER. stalled by that company was drawn in testifies further to the practi-cal value of this scheme. Mr. C. L. Zahm has used with success in cable-drawing the formof winch shown in Fig. 621. This is an electric-motor arrange-ment, the motor being wound to operate on…
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