Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 580
d, and that, consequently, unli -- th ■ plates are brought intovery close contact during the op ration, an obstacle to their perfect junction is interposed by the verymeans employi d to bring them into intimate contact. In M. Lemaitres machine this difficulty is obvi-ated by a very ingenious and… … f^rP
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