Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 515
3092. ffl T\\ … TLATE-BENDING MACHINE, by Robert Napier, Glasgow. This species of machine, originallyconfined to the tinsmiths shop, has recently—enlarged in its dimensions and rendered more complete icits mechanism—become indispensable in the operations of boiler-making and iron-ship building, in whichplates are…
Mechanical engineering
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