Cotton weaving: its development, principles, and practice . It is easily erected and adjusted vertically or horizontally,and afterwards needs little care, as it perfectly adaptsitself to the alignment of the shaft it is 195 shows a wall bracket with adjustable swivelpedestal; fig. 196 . exhibits a flat pillar bracket withadjustable pedestal; fig. 197 depicts a swivel adjustablepillar bearing to clip on round pillars ; and fig. 198 showsa wall box withadjustable pedestal. The illustrations 380 COTTON WEAVING. represent the types of these bearings as made by theUnbreakable Pulley
Cotton weaving: its development, principles, and practice . It is easily erected and adjusted vertically or horizontally,and afterwards needs little care, as it perfectly adaptsitself to the alignment of the shaft it is 195 shows a wall bracket with adjustable swivelpedestal; fig. 196 . exhibits a flat pillar bracket withadjustable pedestal; fig. 197 depicts a swivel adjustablepillar bearing to clip on round pillars ; and fig. 198 showsa wall box withadjustable pedestal. The illustrations 380 COTTON WEAVING. represent the types of these bearings as made by theUnbreakable Pulley Company, West Gorton, bearings ought to be used wherever economyof driving is a consideration. Unless the equipment of theestablishment in shafting and gearing be well done a lossof power and a waste of lubricants takes place, whilst. Fig. 195. the liability to breakdowns, with the trouble and expenseincident to them, is greatly increased. Power is transmitted from the prime mover chiefly bythree methods: wheel-gearing, belts, and ropes. Fromthe early part of the century until well on in the sixthdecade gearing was almost solely employed. It had,however, many serious defects, including great liability CONSTRUCTION OF A WEAVING ESTABLISHMENT. 381 to breakdown. About 1868 tbe attention of engineers inthis country was attracted to the fact that in America ithad become common to transmit power from the engine 111 ?? :Y: .^pi^Q - ^ J}! L MM ? F P. B + A P. : ??: .-v.\°? :• i : Fig. 196. to the first driving-shaft by means of a large leather belt,and thence by other belts to successive shafts until themachinery was reached. This began to be regarded withconsiderable favour in the English manufacturing districts, 382 COTTON WEAVING. and was adopted in a number of instances. In the autumnof 1875 a Bolton gen
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