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 573
Set in a cast-iron chair. Great care should be taken in the straightening and trimming; and the first step is to see that thelarge cast-iron plate upon which the rail is laid while hot from the rolls is straight and out of wind—asthe rail, being lifted and slammed down whUe soft, will conform to…
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