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Lexicographical Neighbors of Drum Brakes
Literary usage of Drum brakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Haulage and Winding Appliances Used in Mines by Carl Volk (1903)
"Pulley brakes are lighter, easier to mount and dismount, and occupy less room
than drum brakes, and are therefore better adapted for pit work. ..."
2. The Gasoline Automobile: Its Design and Construction by Peter Martin Heldt (1917)
"... change speed gears the reverse gear may be used to retard the speed or bring
the vehicle to a stop, drum brakes are invariably used on automobiles. ..."
3. The Gasoline Automobile: Its Design and Construction by Peter Martin Heldt (1918)
"... change speed gears the reverse gear may be used to retard the speed or bring
the vehicle to a stop, drum brakes are invariably used on automobiles. ..."
4. Self-propelled Vehicles: A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction by James Edward Homans (1910)
"... and drum brakes, which operate by tightening a band around a drum, either on
the hub of the wheel or on the case of the differential gear. ..."
5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"A great number of different types of drum brakes are in use at the present time.
The old style of brake-blocks are fast giving way to the iron band, ..."
6. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"Si 450; ю by 14-in engine, with 48 by 52-10 drum brakes, and band friction clutch.
$i 760; 12.25 X 14-in engine, drum 60 in diam b face, with reverse, ..."
7. A Treatise on Coal Mining by International Correspondence Schools (1900)
"A great number of different types of drum brakes are in use at the present time.
The old style of brake-blocks are fast giving way to the iron band, ..."
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