Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789-1874 · London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green · leaf 124
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.) … H 2 100 ON MACHINERY OF TRANSMISSION. flooring equivalent to 12 acres. In com mills and iron works,where the machinery is more closely connected with the primemover, these considerations are of less importance; but infactories for the manufacture of textile fabrics the machinerycovers a great…
Mills and mill-work · Machinery
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