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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 716

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ork to be executed. The tool » forms a pair of shears to finish the work to a proper length, bymoving the handle h, which acting on an eccentric, raises the lower tool to meet tbe upper one. Thisarrangement is necessary, as, from the rapid motion of the tools, which make GOO to 700 blows per… … means of the screws nr, the table s s, carrying the rests, can also be moved along the frame to facili-tate the adjustment. In using the machine, the swages are adjusted so that by placing the rod of ironsuccessively between them, it is drawn down to the size required, whilst the length of each…

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