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... sheave , ā which is firmly attached to an endless rope stretched from anchorage to anchorage . The latter , called " traveling or working rope , " passes at each anchorage around horizontally placed wheels which , connected with a steam ...
... sheave , ā which is firmly attached to an endless rope stretched from anchorage to anchorage . The latter , called " traveling or working rope , " passes at each anchorage around horizontally placed wheels which , connected with a steam ...
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... 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 traveler by an ...
... 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 traveler by an ...
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... sheaves . An iron rod with a weight at the end , fast- ened to the hub of the wheel , keeps it in vertical position and prevents it being upset by the wind . Each working rope carries two traveling sheaves placed so , that one is at the ...
... sheaves . An iron rod with a weight at the end , fast- ened to the hub of the wheel , keeps it in vertical position and prevents it being upset by the wind . Each working rope carries two traveling sheaves placed so , that one is at the ...
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... sheave carries a wire from Brooklyn to New York , the right one moves empty in opposite direction . When the latter arrives at the Brooklyn anchorage , the driving wheel is stopped , a wire placed on the same , and the motion of the ...
... sheave carries a wire from Brooklyn to New York , the right one moves empty in opposite direction . When the latter arrives at the Brooklyn anchorage , the driving wheel is stopped , a wire placed on the same , and the motion of the ...
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... sheave attached to the traveler , and lashed to a hemp rope which was connected with the drum of an engine at the New York anchorage . As the rope moved on , it was sup- ported by a " hanger " ( see Figs . 24 and 25 ) every 50-60 feet ...
... sheave attached to the traveler , and lashed to a hemp rope which was connected with the drum of an engine at the New York anchorage . As the rope moved on , it was sup- ported by a " hanger " ( see Figs . 24 and 25 ) every 50-60 feet ...
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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 Pā 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