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Excerpt from The Principles of Mechanism, Machinery of Transmission: Comprising the Principles of Mechanism, Wheels and Pulleys, Strength and Proportions of Shafts, Couplings Fur, Shafts, and Engaging and Disengaging Gear
And as there is probably no department of practical science so generally useful, or per haps so little studied, as the machinery of transmission, the American publisher has great pleasure in placing within reach oi' the intelligent class for which it is intended, in a compact and comparatively cheap form, the author's rich and valuable experience on this important subject.
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