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 738
aw 73 in. in diameter carries 48 diamonds. Hardened steelpoints are used for all stone up to that of the hardness of ordinary grindstone. The speed of the sawis from 5 to 500 revolutions per minute, and the feed of stone to the saw may be varied from one-sixteenth of an inch to four inches at each… … be caused to remain stationary in any desired position within the range of the swing, and it may bemoved out of the way when not in actual use. Bracket Cutting-off Saw.—The saw-carriage slides on ways attached beneath a bracket, which setsout from a heavy plate fastened to a wall or other support.…
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