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 727
e uniformity of temper, width, and thick-ness, a perfect joint, and freedom fromall flaws. They are liable to break fromcrystallization, imperfect tension, or care-lessness of the operator in handling; andas a certain degree of temper is required for springs tnade of fine steel, so is the same… … SAWS, BAND. 697 soft saw is comparatively worthless, as it will not retain its cutting edge. The best test is to bendthe blade and determine whether its elasticity indicates temper. Originally the band-saw was employed only for cutting light outside curves, but at the present timeits use has become…
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