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 870
plete and firm connections. The chief objection to their employment lies in their stiffness or rigidityThey are, therefore, mostly used to connect wrought-iron shafts, when the elasticity of the shaftsobviates the inconveniences resulting from little, and sometimes unavoidable, settlements or…
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