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 672
mmrnrmrarnnrn branch, both continuous ; A and B are the movable rails, called tongues or points, the ends of whichare planed off to a point so as to fit up closely to the continuous rails, which are called stock-rails.To leave no projection against which the flanges may strike, the end of the…
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