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 57
Section III. MEASUREMENT OF POWER. Speed, Pressure, Whig:it. Number, Quantities, and Appliances. 139. PRONY BRAKE, for the measurementcf power. A is power shaft and pulley, enclosedin friction blocks and strap; D, the lever; C,C,stops to control excessive movement of the lever;B, weights to balance…
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