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 797
her diagonal rods can be constructed for casks of other varieties, as solids are to each other as theCube of their like dimensions ; but these rods would be subject to the same objection as the other in use. If the diagonal rod be applied to the head diameter of a cask, twice the diagonal number… … GEER-CUTTING MACHINE, BEVEL. 195 GAUGE. A mixture of fine stuff and plaster, or puttyand plaster, or coarse stuff and plaster; used in finishingthe ceilings and for mouldings, and sometimes for settingwalls. GEER-CUTTING MACHINE, BEVEL. For the cut-ting of bevel geer an admirable machine has been…
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