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 292
LAUNDRY MACHINERY. 279 … erally ironed sufficiently on one side. They are thence directed by the guide and conducted by thefeeding device—which consists of an endless apron made of linen warp with fine cane run through it, revolving from front backward—over two geared rollers, so as tohave the same surface-speed as…
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