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Mechanical movements, powers and devices; a treatise describing mechanical movements and devices used in constructive and operative machinery and the mechanical arts, being practically a mechanical dictionary, commencing with a rudimentary description of the early known mechanical powers and detailing the various motions, appliances and inventions used in the mechanical arts to the present time, including a chapter on straight line movements, by Gardner D. Hiscox (1914)

Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, 1822?-1908 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 396

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1597. CABLE RAILWAY GRIP.— Friction sheaves are drawn tightly on thecable by a vertical bar in the frame plate.Friction is increased by further tighteningthe grip wheel. 1598. Showing wheel connection withgrip. … 1599. CABLE GRIP FORSTREET RAILWAYS.—^, h, grip jaw^s and blocks; r,pull-up to throw the cable outof the jaws; d^ d, frameplates; <?, grip plate connectedto b, and operated by the bellcrank levers g,g\ f,f, pull-upattached to frame and dis-engaging pieces c, c. 1600. End view of grip.

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