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 206
spheres two cast-iron semicircular plates are laid; on these plates IRON-WORKING MACHINERY. 195 again four side or segment plates are bolted together externally by means of wrought-iron pins, form-ing a complete circle. Upon these are placed, loosely, the shelf or table plates which, resting… … quently the fettling. By the absence of inequalities and corners, its shapedoes away with the difficulty usually attending the working of a mechanicalrabble, at the same time effecting a considerable saving in fettling. Thepuddling machine is fixed over the furnace, and rests on four old…
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