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Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)

D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 334

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CORN-MILL. 331 points of division lines parallel to the radius J a, terminating tliem in the radius J c. These are theoutlines of the grooves, ■which are then to be cut into the stone, perpendicularly on one side and ob-liquely on the other, so that each furrow shall have a sharp edge. The… … it is obvious that when the former is reversed and set in motion, their sharp edges will meet each otha?after the manner of a pair of scissors, (as partially shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 941,) and thusgrind the corn more effectually when it is subjected to the action of the unbroken surfaces…

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