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 234
hoiThe material of the cylinder C is pasteboard, its axle is of wrought-iron. These three cylinders mustDe perfectly round and parallel. The wheel F forms the communication between E and G, which rest upon the cylinders B and I).The relation of F to the circumference of the cylinders is such, that… … order to set the machine in motion, the fly-wheels K and L being turned in order to press thescrews H and I against the pillows of the first cylinder B, the cloth is placed between the rollers in thedirection indicated by the arrows. CALICO PRINTING. The art of producing a colored patttern on cloth…
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