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 22
tube b b (as shown in section at Fig. 20) for a centre-piece, and the whole are firmly weldedtogether at both ends of the shank. The intermediate parts are secured by strong hoops i i, so thatevery piece must bear its proportion of the entire strain. In place of the usual ring, there is a boltand… … stock / may be formed either of a single piece, or of two pieces hooped together, and is secured in itsplace as follows: The bolt and shackle c being withdrawn, the small end of the shank is passedthrough the eye of the stock/, (which is defended by an iron plate g on each side ;) the collar h is…
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