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Recent cotton mill construction and engineering (1894)

Nasmith, Joseph · London : J. Heywood · leaf 284

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-inch roperunning 4,000ft. would develop 40x1*31 = 52-4H.P. In this calculation no regard is paid tocentrifugal action at all. Messrs. Combe, Barbour,& Combe, of Belfast, who were the originators ofrope driving, do not recommend a higher velocitythan 4,000ft. per minute, and prefer one of… … li•62 If IS•72 -79 1| 2•91 1-04 Fig. lis. With regard to the weight of ropes this is animportant matter, and the following are those of Lambeth ropes :— Diam. in inches... 1 1^ liWght.perft.inlb.-27 37 -15 ozs Ib.oz Ib.oz lb.oz Ib.oz Ib.oz Ib.oz Ib.oz Ib.ozWeight peryd....l3 12 1 6 1 10 1 U 2 3 2 6…

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