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 39
it is now ready for cutting, for which purpose it must be fixed in the chuck shown inFig. 57, which is made as follows: A is a chuck of box, or other hard wood, having a recess turned in it at a 6, into which is fitted apiece of cork, as a soft substance for the egg to rest against B is a small cup…
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