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 207
indrical form, while on one endit is rapidly struck by a steam-ram placedat the end of the squeezer, in a line with theaxis of the squeezed ball. The cam is ro-tated twice, and the ball when taken out isthoroughly compressed into a well-formed cylinder 13 in. in diameter and about 3A ft. long.…
Mechanical engineering -- Dictionaries
Internet Archive · Boston Library Consortium · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.