rolling friction
Britishnoun
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In a knife edge support, seen in some forms of pendulums, is exhibited a form of rolling friction.
From Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology by William T. Lewis
That is to say, by converting the rolling friction into the rubbing friction.
From Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Thomas P. Jones
And when you had casters put to the legs of the table, in order to move it more easily, you changed the rubbing into the rolling friction.
From Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Thomas P. Jones
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