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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 Belting
I just dug out my copy of Machinery’s Handbook 21st edition, revised, 1981 print.
There is an extensive section on pulleys starting with flat belt drive and applications and design of leather belts through to all the V belt types and uses. Pulley manufacture, uses and ratings for wood, cast and machined pulleys.
It doesn’t go into design for long shaft power transmission systems.
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