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 930
4182. Parallel-Leg Vise.—The old fashioned leg vise consists of a fixed verti-cal leg, usually attached to the side of the bench, and a movable leg, pivot-ed between arms or plates secured some distance down on the fixed leg. The jaws of the vise areheld apart by a spring, and brought together by a…
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