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 161
The cloth is now ready to be made into hose, and the operation is commenced by cutting it into 150 INDIA-RUBBER, strips diagonally, so that both warp and weft may receive the strain to which the hose may be sub-jected, thus greatly increasing the strength of the fabric. The strips are cut in width… … -J--T. rubber, which has been also prepared in one of the calenders. This is cut of the proper width, andwound round a long iron pipe used as a mandrel, and its edges are lapped over one another, firmlypressed together, and permanently joined by a small grooved roller held in the hand of the…
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