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 78
mns, pedestals and edifices. BASES. In chemistry, a term applied to all the metals, alkalis, earths, and other bodies, whichnnite with acids, or with gases. Thus in sulphate of copper, the copper is said to he the base of theealt, from the supposition that the non-acid principle is that which gives… … cids with tha BEETLING MACHINE. BATTENS. Strips of board or plank, from li to 6 inches wide, nailed over the joints of other hoards :often ornamented with a bead or corniced to give architectural effect on the cheaper class of houses.Batten doors are such as are made of two thicknesses of boards…
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