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The sun-and-planet arrangement, with gears of equal size, was adopted by
Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt Eugene S. Ferguson 1960
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One of these methods was that commonly known as the _sun-and-planet wheels_; they were five in all.
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There was also the engine with the sun-and-planet motion, an invention of William Murdoch's.
James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885
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"sun-and-planet" movement, instead of the crank, until the patent on the latter expired.
Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele
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The fourth device was the well-known sun-and-planet gearing (fig. 7e). [
Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt Eugene S. Ferguson 1960
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