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 535
only inform or the arrangement of the parts. Fig. 3322 is a front elevation of part of Fig. 8321. Bellows Mechanism.—The mechanism used for operating the bellows in the Mason & Hamlin,the Bstey, and other well-known organs, is illustrated in Figs. 3321 to 3324. Ais a strip of girth-webbing, one… … to the pedal i\. The manner of the operation is obvious. The objection raised to this method isthat the straps wear out, but that is claimed not to be the case when they are made of good flaxenstock. In the Peloubet & Pelton organ illustrated farther on, this webbing is done away with, andthe…
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