In a message dated 7/23/2003 3:18:25 PM Central Daylight Time,
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> Try Knight's Technical Encyclopedias. I have a partial set of 1878, which
> was presumably intended for an Anglo-American market, as its got engineering
> stuff in it relevant to both localities, eg: boat lifts on the Grand Western
> Canal versus the Brooklyn Bridge! I seem to recall its got stuff on this
> sort of thing in it, but can't check immediately as I've lent them out to a
> friend. You should be able to find them in an American library/technical
> institute.
>
Hi All,
Thank you all for your informative respones. You who answered my inquiry have
been most helpful. It always seems when we get into rotative wiches, winding
engines and the like, the literature always seems to start out with the beam
engine and progresses from there. From this I assume the first rotative
application was with the beam engine and progressed from there. Always a fascinating
subject.
Thanks again,
Jim Besleme
Columbia, MO
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