Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 203
erial isforced by the action of the pug-mill,and produces a tube, which, after havingmade a certain length of, is cut off, thetube being turned round, to render theinside smooth previously to its being removed. The patentee states that this machine may be used with either one or two horse… … BRICK-MAKING. 199 sixpence per 1000. With two horse power employed, the production is double, or 16,000 per day; butthe quality of the bricks, which the editor has seen, is equal to those wliich are usually finished bygrinding the surfaces by hand. The saving of labor in the production is about two…
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