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 262
n the chuck and the correspond-ing ones on the spindle, as those to be cut away. This will insure that the threads will be in theright position to have good contact when the chuck is home. Steady-Best for Lathe- Work.—The steady-rest is an appliance wherewith to hold the end of a pieceof work, so…
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