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Description
Wheel-work in the base of capstan. Thus provided, the capstan can be used as a simple or compound machine, single or triple purchase. The drumhead and barrel rotate independently ; the former, being fixed on spindle, turns it round, and when locked to barrel turns it also, forming single purchase ; but when unlocked, wheel-work acts, and drumhead and barrel rotate in opposite directions, with velocities as three to one. |
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