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 888
d thedriving wedge for tightening the strap whichholds the brasses at the end by a connecting-rod in steam machinery. See Engines, De-tails of. GIG, for napping cloth. Fig. 2116 is a frontelevation of gig. The cloth to be napped is first wound on the roll-er c, passed down over the two straining… … 878 GILDING.
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