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 709
mer. FORK. In machinery, a short piece of steel which fits into one of the sockets or chucks of a lathe. 706 FORGING MACHINE. and is used by wood turners for carrying round the piece to be turned; it is flattened at the end, like achisel, but has a projecting centre point, to prevent the wood from… … tORTIFIC-ATION is the art of constructing such works of defence as may enable a comparativelysmall number of men to maintain possession of a city or place against the assaults of a superior force. Modern fortification, though differing in some subordinate details, which differences are dignified by…
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