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 209
the less the power required for a given reduction, since the portion of the plate acted upon at eachinstant is smaller; but when the rolls are made small enough for economy of power in this regard,they are apt to spring, from the immense pressure brought to hear upon them ; the top and bottomrolls…
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