Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 503
mmencing a wall, the first frame is put at one of the extremities, and the end of the frame closedby planks secured by iron cramps; at the other part, where there is no end, the wall is to be sloped .offat an angle of about 00°, for facility in joining on the next piece. In commencing the work, the… … * -For convenience, we assume that the pi ton descends in all these machines, ns it matters butJittle in elucidatingthe principle whether the piston descends or the eylindi r o <■, nd . 1 at the former method is more cutil.y compre-hended. PLANKS AND PLANING MACHINJ 407 mini:, it is I ke the…
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