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 538
tions might rush into the tube, sothat the reed is perfectly muted. This method under ordinary pressure is effective and cheap. An-other method, which effectually mutes the reeds without leak-holes, is represented in Fig. 3337. /represents one of a series of levers hinged at one end by a leather… … 516 ORGANS, REED.
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