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 584
3427. … 558 PLANOMETER, OR SURFACE-PLATE. Power required for Wood-Planers.—In planing and moulding machines which are driven at highspeeds, a large proportion of the total power is absorbed in driving the machine itself. The formula, 3428.
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