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 669
b 1707.c T> 1 1 1 1 a, a *, V i/, f^lJS … stream when the flow ia small; which, in case of floods, are removed to give free vent to the surplus.In case of low water, therefore, they maintain the head, and in case of freshets, there ia less obstruction FLAX, MACHINERY FOR PREPARING AND SPINNING. 659 and less danger from flowage than if the…
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