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 142
hes, running parallel to each other, extend itslength. Inside of each of these, and running in the same direc-tion, are joists, bolted fast, on which the chain rides. Under thetimbers, at distances of 2 feet, arecross-joists over which are laid lightstrips 2-£ by H inches. The mainelevator-shaft is… … incline. These chains pass down and over two wheels in the water, and are connected by bars ofoak (4 by 4) placed 6 feet apart. The bars catch and carry up one or two cakes of ice, which the feeder shoves in. The incline is fitted with openings in its framework, at various distances,through which…
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