Vaughan's carding lessons. "For the mill boy" .. (1905)
Vaughan, M[athis] H · [Huntsville? Ala.] · leaf 12
s, except wetake the number of teeth instead of the diameter. In the next train of gears, intermediate or carrier gearslike B that merely transmit the power from A to C are notconsidered in figuring the speed. If A makes 150 revolutions per minute, what will C makein the same time? Multiply the… … 180X24=4320. 4320-^-42=102.85.Will now add two more gears to the first example. If thepower is applied to A, A and C are drivers and B and Dare driven, but if the power is applied to D then D and Bare drivers and C and A are driven.
Woolen and worsted manufacture
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