Experimental engineering and manual for testing. For engineers and for students in engineering laboratories (1906)
Carpenter, Rolla C. (Rolla Clinton), 1852-1919 · New York, J. Wiley & Sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 271
an equiva-lent weight acting at G. Brakes are usually constructed by fastening blocks of wood,on the inside of flexible bands of iron, so as to encircle awheel. The inside of the blocks should be fitted to the wheel,and the spaces between the blocks should be at least equal toone third the area of… … Fig. 119*—Brake applied to Portable Engine. 170. Strap-brakes.—Brakes are sometimes made by takingone or more turns of a rope or strap around a wheel, as shown
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