This section is from the book "The English And American Mechanic", by B. Frank Van Cleve. Also available from Amazon: The English And American Mechanic.
Pitch of teeth in inches. | Thickness of teeth in inches. | Breadth of teeth in inches. | Strength of teeth in horse-power at | |||
3 feet per second. | 4 feet per second. | 6 feet per second. | 8 feet per second. | |||
3.99 | 1.9 | 7.6 | 20.57 | 27.43 | 41.14 | 54.85 |
3.78 | 1.8 | 7.2 | 17.49 | 23.32 | 34.98 | 46.64 |
3.57 | 1.7 | 6.8 | 14.73 | 19.65 | 29.46 | 39.28 |
3.36 | 1.6 | 6.4 | 12.28 | 16.38 | 24.56 | 32.74 |
3.15 | 1.5 | 6. | 10.12 | 13.50 | 20.24 | 26.98 |
2.94 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 8.22 | 10.97 | 16.44 | 21.92 |
2.73 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 6.58 | 8.78 | 13.16 | 17.54 |
2.52 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 5.18 | 6.91 | 10.36 | 13.81 |
2.31 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 3 99 | 5.32 | 7.98 | 10.04 |
2.1 | 1.0 | 4. | 3.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 8.00 |
1.89 | .9 | 3.6 | 2.18 | 2.91 | 4.36 | 5.81 |
1.68 | .8 | 3.2 | 1.53 | 2 04 | •06 | 3.08 |
1.47 | .7 | 2.8 | 1.027 | 1.37 | 2.04 | 2.72 |
1.26 | .6 | 2.4 | .64 | .86 | 1.38 | 1.84 |
1.05 | .5 | 2. | .375 | •50 | •75 | 1.00 |
 
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