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 729
nd furtherto enable the saw to be driven through heavy work without unduetension. G represents the lumber being cut, which is fed to thesaw as follows: FF are feed-rollers, adjusted to suit the thicknessof the lumber and the thickness of the board or plank to be sawnby means of the hand-wheels HH,… … the band-saw. One of the largest band-sawingmachines yet constructed is thaterected for Mr. Van Pelt of NewYork by the late firm of Rich-ards, London k Kelley, of Phila-delphia. The saw is 55 ft. long,from 4| to 6 in. wide, and 1H-gauge thick. The pulleys are 75in. in diameter, with hubs ofwrought…
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