A friend of mine (who recently passed at 89) spoke about setting up belts for machinery - he showed me old catalogues (I'm sure I ended up with some) and IIRC old copies of Machinery's Handbook showed the proper setup of belt drives.
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Industrial Antiquity - Line Shaft Pulleys and BeltingInformation
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