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 141
omS, of the shape shown in Fig. 2362, are often used instead of tongs. The blockia pnsilv floated unon the eis, which is then hoisted. Where large amounts of ice are harvested, elevators of special construction are employed. Ofthese there are two classes : the ice-screw and the inclined plane or… … nected by belting with the horse-power. The ice, being floated upon the helix, is caused by the rota-tion of the latter to ascend and finally to pass off by a chute. By reversing the motion, the ice canbe lowered from the building as rapidly as it can be elevated, the weight of the ice furnishing…
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