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 717
ORK. In machinery, a short piece of steel which fits into one of the sockets or chucks of a lathe, 45 70(3 FORGING MACHINE. and is used by wood turners lor carrying round the piece, to be turned; it is flattened at the end, like achisel, but hu a projecting centre point, to prevent the wood from… … S[pP^> FOBTIFICATION is the art of constructing such works of defence as may enable a comparativelysmall number of men to maintain possession of a city or place against the assaults of a superior force Modern fortification, though differing in some subordinate details, which differences are…
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