The Modern bicycle and its accessories; a complete reference book for rider, dealer, and maker (1898)
Schwalbach, Alexander, Wilcox, Julius, Commercial advertiser association, New York · New York, The Commercial advertiser association · leaf 80
teenths chainmeans that such is its measure in widthbetween the plates of the links. This isalso the thickness of the sprocket, barringa very slight difference to prevent tootight a fit. To speak of a chain as having an inch pitch (which is the regularstandard in this country) means that… … KEATING TWIN-ROLLER. centres of two adjacent teeth, must be aninch. It is plain that sprocket and chainmust correspond in order to work properly.A chain of a half-inch pitch would not fita sprocket of one-inch pitch, or vice versa.If the chain wrere made just a little toolong, it might go part way…
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