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Diffe-ren′tial Pul′ley.

This, in a somewhat clumsy form, has been known for centuries under the name of the Chinese windlass, and one was found by the allied English and French armies to be in use for raising one of the drawbridges in the city of Pekin. It was described by Dr. Carpenter in his “Mechanical philosophy,” etc., 1844.

The chain winds over two drums of different diameters, winding on to one as it unwinds from the other; the effect gained is as the difference between the two, the smaller the difference the greater the power and the less the speed.

Differential Pulleu.

Differential pulley.

In the geared differential pulley the effect is produced by making one more tooth in one of the wheels the chain passes over than in the other.

Differential screw.

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