Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 102
n design,constructed by Messrs. Ferris & Miles. The hammer has a weight of head of 700 lbs. Severalpeculiarities of design will be noticed, the most striking of them being that the head A is set at anangle in the frame. The die C is of the oblong form shown in the drawing, as well as that of… … 1)4 HAMMERS, STEAM, DIRECT-ACTING. frame. By this means skew and T-shaped dies can be dispensed with, and the full surface of theram utilized. The latter is moved between the guides E E, and held in place by the steel plate F,bolted through the frame B. The valve G is a plain cylinder of cast-iron,…
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