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 231
220 KNITTING MACHINERY. … 2. Needles placed in a circle.—Fig. 2533 represents the Bickford knitting machine. Fig. 2534exhibits the arrangement of needles, from which the operation will be best understood. Four of theneedles are here shown. The needle complete is represented at 1; a portion of the lower part of the others is…
Mechanical engineering -- Dictionaries
Internet Archive · Boston Library Consortium · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.