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 300
ed. The stone is flat and rectangular, and is fixed to a handle. Its dimensions areabout 6 in. in length and half an inch in thickness. Slicking consists in removing water and grease,scraping the leather, and eradicating the superfluous marks left by the stock-stone. The steel slickerused for this…
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