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 274
tool with dexterity. It must be held almost flat; and yet, if it should get quite flat, the cutting edgewould act along its whole length, and the pressure of the cut would be sufficient to force the tool-edge deeper into the work than is intended. The face of the chisel nearest to the face of the…
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