Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 170
ards their centres; these are placed upon the shank of the fork, between the shoulder andthe handle, with which they correspond in diameter so nearly as to constitute an ornamental finish tothe small end of the handle. In the position and size of these consist the principal merit of the sharp-ener.… … Westbya second patent.—The extraordinary success attendant upon Mr. Westbys contrivance forsharpening table-knives induced him to figure a second time as a patentee, for certain improved ap-paratus to be used for the purpose of whetting or sharpening the edges of the blades of pent , and other c…
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