A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water (1850)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York, Bangs, Platt, & Co. · leaf 95
erts, imparts motion to the train of wheels ; but asthis force gradually diminishes as the spring unwinds, the velocity of thetrain would diminish also, if some mode of equalizing the effect of thisvarying force was not adopted : It is the fusee which does this, byreceiving the energy of the spring… … No. 21. Windlass with heel In another modification of the windlass, a cog-wheel is fixed to one endof the roller, and moved by a pinion that is secured on a separate shaft, andturned by a crank, as in the figure. By proportioning the diameter of thewheel and that of the pinion, (or the number of…
Pumping machinery
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