Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 24
iron, and placedupon a steep, sloping track; a horizontal wheel liesupon this car, and around this wheel the wire cableruns,—thus acting as a heavy pulley, taking up theslack rope. The diagram on page 10 illustrates this. At each end of the road there is one of these pitswith just such a steadying… … CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. prison-house of some mighty spirit, bound, andfaithfully serving little man. As the cable comesrunning swiftly in, it twists, turns, and circlesaround eight of these wheels, and before going out,takes as many more turns about another set ofwheels. This is to…
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