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 64
ig. 2186, anda section of it in Fig. 2187. The bottom e and the sides a of the body form the lower and largerpart of the mould, and are held together by screws; the upper smaller part consists of two halves,meeting in the line sz, which open after the fashion of a pair of tongs when turned upon the… … of the mould, the neck portion being thrown open, and blows with great force into the globe, as soonas the neck portion has been closed by an attendant, and fixed by the screw m (the female screwbelonging to which projects at n). The glass is forced by the pressure against the sides of themould,…
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