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 80
umns, pedestals and edifices. BASES. In chemistry, a term applied to all the metals, alkalis, earths, and other bodies, whichunite with acids, or with gases Thus in sulphate of copper, the copper is said to be the base of thesalt, from the supposition that the non-acid principle is that which gives… … 76 BEETLING MACHINE. BATTENS. Strips of board or plank, from 1| to 6 inches wide, nailed over the joints of other boards:often ornamented with a bead or corniced to give architectural effect on. the cheaper class of houses.Batten doors are such as are made of two thicknesses of boards nailed…
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