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 736
nd is used for removing bark, sand, etc.,from the lo£, in advance of the saw, and so saving wear of the latter. Circular Saws for Metal.—For cutting bars of metal into lengths, the machine shown in Fig.3744 is employed, the operation of which is sufficiently apparent to render a description… … 704 SAWS, CIRCULAR. centrifugal force due to its rotation. The operation of such a disk is that of softening the metal bythe heat° generated from the contact of the edge of the disk with the metal being cut, the latterbeing abraded and falling in white-hot shreds. Machines of this kind are now…
Mechanical engineering -- Dictionaries
Internet Archive · Boston Library Consortium · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
