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... placed wheels which , connected with a steam engine , give motion to it . The traveling sheave with two wires are carried over by the rope . One wire , which is fasten- ed to the leg appears to stand still , while the other , which ...
... placed wheels which , connected with a steam engine , give motion to it . The traveling sheave with two wires are carried over by the rope . One wire , which is fasten- ed to the leg appears to stand still , while the other , which ...
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... placed 6 inches outside the center of saddle , the saddle 7 inches beyond center of plate , and the latter 12 inches outside the center of tower , all in direction towards the land This was done as a precaution , to pro- vide for the ...
... placed 6 inches outside the center of saddle , the saddle 7 inches beyond center of plate , and the latter 12 inches outside the center of tower , all in direction towards the land This was done as a precaution , to pro- vide for the ...
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... placed over each other . Each set contains ten links , arranged so , that the first two , starting from the anchorplate , are vertical , the next six form a quarter circle and the upper two are horizontal . In each link there are ...
... placed over each other . Each set contains ten links , arranged so , that the first two , starting from the anchorplate , are vertical , the next six form a quarter circle and the upper two are horizontal . In each link there are ...
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... placed on each anchorage . Fig . 11 represents the arrangement on Fig.ll Belt to Horizontal Shaft . From there a 16 inch belt to engine . Scale 1 inch = 10 fect Traveling Rope diam . the Brooklyn side . The rope makes first two turns. 33 ...
... placed on each anchorage . Fig . 11 represents the arrangement on Fig.ll Belt to Horizontal Shaft . From there a 16 inch belt to engine . Scale 1 inch = 10 fect Traveling Rope diam . the Brooklyn side . The rope makes first two turns. 33 ...
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... placed sheaves . In close connection with the working rope is the " traveling sheave . " This is a light wooden wheel 5 feet in diameter with a grooved rim of zinc , in which the wire hangs , while traveling It is secured to the ...
... placed sheaves . In close connection with the working rope is the " traveling sheave . " This is a light wooden wheel 5 feet in diameter with a grooved rim of zinc , in which the wire hangs , while traveling It is secured to the ...
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adjusted anchor anchor bars anchorage ASITY attached Berkeley LIBRARY Brooklyn C. E. Illustrated calculation CALIFORN CALIFORNIA LIBRARY cloth connection consists cradle ropes curve deflection distance drum East River Bridge edition engravings equal equation fastened feet final position foot footbridge formula friction GILLMORE Guide Wire guidewire hence high water horizontal tension HYPSOMETRY land cable land span lashing latter length lithographed plates load manufacture masonry Messrs method morocco motion P₁ parabola placed pounds PRACTICAL TREATISE Prof regulated ring river span rollers rolling friction running wire saddle Scale screw shoe side spliced squeezer squeezing standing wire stays steam engine steel rope strain strand stretch suspended SUSPENSION BRIDGES tangent tion tons traveling rope traveling sheave U. S. Navy UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA values vertex W. H. CORFIELD weight wheel wire ropes wooden block wrapping machine wrapping wire Zerah Colburn