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 740
s. It is usually operated by foot-power, the saw being held at each end after the manner ofa jig-saw. In Fig. 3759 is shown Staffords improved form of this machine, in which, instead of thesaw being passed through the work and fastened top and bottom, it is held in guides at top and bottomand…
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