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Scientific American, Vol. 24, No. 4 (1871) (1871)

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ish. The five feet by twenty-eight inches, running at forty-seven revo- ironing table is hollow, of a long, oval shape, and is com- rack turned on the sleeve, E. The sleeve, E, is feathered to lutions per minute, in a large thread factory, in Newark, N. posed of metal. The surface is slightly,… … raise the valves and penetrates the and let them fall abruptly at the proper point of cut-off to variable power required to drive the machinery. The varia- fabric from below, while the operator is passing the hot flat- which they are adjusted. tions were so great that it was found impossible to…

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