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 796
forced down by foot-pressure and retracted by a spring; and Fig. 3919 is a self-feeding punch, whichfeeds the leather and punches the holes any distance apart for the eyelets.SHUTTLE. See Looms, and Sewing Machines. SIGNALS, RAILROAD. Devices for securing safety upon railroads by communicating…
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