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 79
ower to the various processes.It seems rather paradoxical to state that the dished orconical wheel is the strongest. But the fact is, its strengtharises from the solid hoop tyre ; with a strake tyre the uprightwheel would be the strongest. When running, the greatlateral strain on the wheel is from… … WHEELS. 69 the area of the circle, and this the tyre will not permit.Upon the same principle in carpentry, which constitutes thecurved or cambered beam the strongest, the dished wheel isstronger than the straight one. Here is one very important item which must not be over-looked in the wheelwright…
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