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 288
LAUNDRY MACHINERY 275 geared to the driving-shaft. The capacity of the machine is about 700 dozen of collars and cuffs ata washing. The cylinders are 40 in. in diameter, and make from 60 to 65 revolutions a minute. In Fig. 2*735 is shown the Nonpareil machine, which is entirely different in… … by cranks to the driving-shaft. These cranks are placed at different angles on the shaft, so as togive the arms a uniform motion by pairs. On the ends of the arms are the rubbing-boards. Themachine is run at a speed which gives 440 strokes of the arms per minute. This rapid motion, com-bined with…
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