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 297
est. It scours, sets out, or glasses, and can be made to take a slow or quick stroke, a long or ashort one, this last being effected by the epicycle and cam combined. Slicking Machine.—The machine represented in Fig. 2*762 is of French construction. It has abell 1! passing over the pulleys C, and… … the table, which is moved by the attendant upon the tracks shown. The platform of the tablehas a to-and-fro motion on its supports, so that any portion of the hide can be presented to theslickers as may be desired. This machine slicks from 60 to 70 sides daily, and is easily managedby one man.…
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