Brake Small 137×320 Medium 275×640 Large 440×1024 Download Tiff Original 1031×2400 | (232.1 KB) Description "Lord Kelvin patented a brake in 1858 consisting of a rope or cord wrapped round the circumference of a rotating wheel, to one end of which is applied a regulated force, the other end being fixed to a spring balance." -Britannica, 1910 Keywords dye-jigger Galleries Machines Parts Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed., vol. 8) (New York, NY: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910)
