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 475
3153. material used by the founder is called loam, a clayey, plastic composition, very soft. After a certainquantity of this material has been piled up, the sweep is revolved; it shears down the high placesand indicates the holes or hollows. Into the latter more material is placed, and the sweep is…
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