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 503
cing a wall, the first frame is put at one of the extremities, and the end of the frame closedhy planks secured by iron cramps; at the other part, where there is no end, the wall is to be sloped offat an angle of ahout 60^, for facility in joining on the next piece. In commencing the work, the… … * For convenionce, we ofsanie that the piston descends in .ill those ni.ichiiies, as it matters but !Itt]e in elilcIdatiDgle principle whether the piston descends or the cylinder ascends, but the former method is more easily compre* PLANES AND PLANING MACHINES. 497 minft, it is turned round at each…
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