Friction and Its Reduction

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Whittaker and Company, 1903 - Friction - 171 pages

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Page 79 - A short standard, attached to the oil cylinder, carries a clip to support a thermometer in the oil. Inside the oil cylinder, and at a short distance from the top, is fixed a small bracket, terminating in an upturned point, which forms a gauge of the height of the oil level.
Page 54 - body" or combined capillarity and viscosity to keep the surfaces between which it is interposed from coming in contact under maximum pressure. (2) The greatest fluidity consistent with the preceding requirements, ie, the least fluid-friction allowable.

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