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 114
-fingers. This operation is re-peated five or six times. At eachmotion the height to which thebody is lifted and turned, to bringthe stretcher in contact with allparts, is increased. Usually twohat-bodies are stretched at a time,both being turned inside out soas to protect them against… … tre oi ine macniue. v/uimci-n-u with the spindle is a system of links and levers operated by the treadle, by which means the spindleis caused to rise, and so bring the ribs into working position. Above the ribs is a hat-block whichcan be adjusted to any height. The stretching-fingers are so…
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