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 644
ost endless in variety; and there is some four, five, or six features in every file, to adaptthe instrument to the several kinds of work for which the file is used. Most of the names of files ex-press these different features; for instance, the three following files are in common use:—6 inch,… … 1628. 1629.
Mechanical engineering
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