A practical treatise on coach-building, historical and descriptive : containing full information on the various trades and processes involved, with hints on the proper keeping of carriages, &c. (1881)
Burgess, James W · London : Crosby Lockwood and Co. · leaf 48
el), in which case the axlewould not dip, but the wheel would be put on to a perfectlyhorizontal axle. The motion of a wheel thus placed wouldbe anything but artistic, though there would not be so muchfriction on an arm of this sort as on an arm of the dippedaxle. Dipping the axle is shown at Fig.… … Fig.10. arm will reduce the front bearing surface so much that theoil would be squeezed out, and it would run dry, and thetotal amount of friction would be greatly increased. Longpractice has shown that a cylindrical or slightly conical armis the best that can be used. We have now to settle the…
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