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 273
line in the end and top views. It is made as follows: Forge it as near to the requiredsize as possible, and from square steel if it is obtainable, leaving stuff sufficient to true it up. Inorder to turn the cutting end between the lathe-centres, so as to have the centre at the shank endquite true… … 2675.
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