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 232
d leaded by having a composition consistingof equal parts of lead and tin poured around them. The gauge is determined by measuring theneedles and counting the leads when set in the cylinder. For instance, 14-gauge has 14 leads or 28needles, 3 in. in length, measured on the circumference. In regard… … 222 LADLES.
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