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 947
y by wedges, and dressed on the sides by chiseland hammer. A square hole, in proportion to the weight, is cutin the centre, and the stone marked from this centre; the face isthen chipped down, as near as may be, to its intended circumfe-rence, and sent to market. After mounting and wedging the… … GUNS. 935 GUDGEON. The extremity of a horizontal shaft of a water-wheel, that runs in the collar. Everygudgeon, in order to avoid unnecessary friction, should be made as small in diameter as possible, con-sistently with the requisite strength and durability. The cube root of the weight of a…
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