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 73
The plates are adjusted at the proper distance from each other, required by the size of the auger tobe formed, by means of the screws. To work the machine the crank is turned backward, so as to move the upper plate directly overthe opposite extremity of the wales upon the lower plate, as shown in…
Mechanical engineering
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