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Excerpt from Treatise on the Use of Belting: For the Transmission of Power Adhesion is a greater fulcrum to the driving power than friction; each is sub ject to its own laws; the law of this has been largely investigated and relied upon, but for that there seems to be no written law or certainty of result, yet when friction fails, the rule is - apply an adhesive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.