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| Title | Power in Motion: Horse Power, Wheel Gearing, Driving Bands and Angular Forces Volume 166 of Weale's rudimentary series |
| Author | James Armour |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Lockwood, 1871 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 188 pages |
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