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 298
red. This machine slicks from 60 to 70 sides daily, and is easily managedby one man. Graining Machine, Fig. 2763.—This apparatus takes the place of the graining board operated by LEATHER-WORKING MACHINERY. 283 hand. A is the graining board, which is oscillated by the pitman from the large… … springs, which yield under the pressure of the graining board to an extent proportional to the thickness of the leather. By tins means the apparatus is enabled to work upon thin or thick hides withequal facility. Its capacity is from 10 to 12 sides per hour. Motive power required, 1 horse. 2764.
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