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 525
ring a 15-inch gun, the first cutter is 14 in. in diameter, and is secured on the end of the rod B. When thebottom of the cylindrical portion of the bore is reached, the chamber is roughed out, and a reamer,first for the cylinder and then for the chamber, is introduced. During the boring process… … turning continues, the shaft moves on its rack toward the gun. The metal in excess between thetrunnions is removed by a planing-machine, which is placed on the side opposite the trunnion-ma-chine, and is so arranged that the movable post in which the cutter is secured, A, traverses forwardand back…
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