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 291
278 LAUNDRY MACHINERY. … Starching Machines.—Fig. 2743 represents the Oakley & Keating starchcr. It consists of an ironframework supporting a horizontal shaft with double cranks, which actuate with a reciprocating mo-tion two arms having corrugated rubbing faces, working vertically in the starching box, which con-tains…
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