Thank you
John
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From: "David Williams" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: Waterwheel rod driven incline
> In message <001701c8de29$587558d0$0201a8c0@your9631332f78>, John
> Shoebridge <[log in to unmask]> writes
>>Sorry about that .. in mining rope haulage technology... the "C "
>>wheel is the power transmission wheel (as opposed to direction-changing
>>sheaves) apparently so described because of the profile of the rope
>>contact face. I have also seen them called the "Clifton Wheel"
>>apparently because they were first used at Clifton Colliery (Where was
>>that ? ) in Britain.
>>Regards
>>John
>>
>
> See "On a System of Endless Rope Haulage at Clifton Colliery,
> Nottingham, with Remarks on various Clutch Gears in Use, and a
> Description of a New Frictional Clutch for Hauling Engines and other
> Machinery" in Transactions of the Chesterfield and Derbyshire Institute
> of Mining, Civil and Mechanical Engineers, Vol. 12, 1883-4, pp.123-153 -
> 8 Plates, also Discussion in Vol. 13, 1884-5, pp62-5 and pp207-217.
>
> Clifton Colliery was just south of Nottingham on the banks of the River
> Trent.
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> David Williams
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