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 492
es. The nail-strip A is placed in a feed-box, vertically or horizontally, and receives a vibratorymotion to give the taper to it; the strip is pressed upon by a spring to keep it in contact with theslicers. The top slicers are fixed in the framework of the machine, as are also the back dies E…
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