Minutes of proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution (1858)
Great Britain. Army. Royal Artillery Institution · Woolwich, Eng., : The Institution · leaf 750
e connecting rods re¬ spectively. The horses therefore turn the hooks upwards in a slight degree before When the springs act a is > ^ and then P<E. the springs of the brake act. If a becomes equal to 90° P, as we have said, disappears, for we have, in fact, the position given in the annexed figure… … Inasmuch however as the traction bars lie underneath the splinter-bar, the “dead angle ” cannot be reached. The slighter the dimensions given to these parts the more nearly will the “ dead angle 55 be reached, though not attained, and the smaller the effort of the team to keep the brake disarmed.…
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