Transactions . with,and the force of gravity alone utilized. Across the lower end ofthe shoot, but at a sufficient height to admit of the free passageof the coal, are fixed two brackets carrying a shaft, at either endof which rollers are keyed, and also a brake wheel which is con-trolled by a rope from the deck. Two wire ropes passing aroundthese rollers are attached to the sides of a rectangular bucket,and at their other ends these ropes, passing over pulleys fixed * The previously described and more recent invention of Mr. Handcockseems, however, to have got over this difficulty. COAL-SHIPME
GLIX-115-2AM7M6C
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GLIX Prime
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Transactions . with,and the force of gravity alone utilized. Across the lower end ofthe shoot, but at a sufficient height to admit of the free passageof the coal, are fixed two brackets carrying a shaft, at either endof which rollers are keyed, and also a brake wheel which is con-trolled by a rope from the deck. Two wire ropes passing aroundthese rollers are attached to the sides of a rectangular bucket,and at their other ends these ropes, passing over pulleys fixed * The previously described and more recent invention of Mr. Handcockseems, however, to have got over this difficulty. COAL-SHIPME