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 613
The thumb, with the end resting against the side of the block, in the manner above represented,allows the blade to move back and forward with a slight degree of pressure against it, and in case of a6lip it is ever ready to check the gravers progress. This mode of resting the thumb against the edge…
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