Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789-1874 · London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green · leaf 124
nt of the plummer-blocks. Irrespective of the various forms of engaging and disengagingapparatus, it mil be necessary to consider the position, form,and proportions of the wheels and shafting required in millswhere the power is divided and widely distributed. To showthe enormous extent to which the… … than 450 wheels and 7,000 feet of shafting in motion. In thelarge mills at Saltaire there are upwards of 600 wheels and10,000 feet, or two miles, of shafting distributed over an area of Fig. 241. (Plan.)
Mills and mill-work · Machinery
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