Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 136
clips inserted in such man- ner that the greater the btrain the greater the clip would compress the cable; these drums had single grooves, and no doubt answered well for a limited length of cable, and a limited number of trains. The Sutter Street road, of San Francisco, used drums with grooves made… … tial form of that figure, this arrangement of machinery and cable having only one wrap, and not being able to make any more without chafing the cable, has the disadvantage of having to cut the cable to take it up after tension carriage has run the length of its track. Some time ago I had occasion…
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