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 520
Looking to the fact that at the commencement of the operation the resistance is very small, scarcelyperceptible, and gradually increases as the density of the cotton increases under the action of the press.Mr. Tyler conceived the happy thought of interposing between the piston-rod of the engine and…
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