Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 580
f^rP … The plates to be operated upon are, in this machine, placed horizontally between the fixed and movable dies a and l. The matrix of the fixed die n is at the extremity of a strong malleable iron Btem orriveting-block A. fixed firmly into the sole and foundation of the machine, and serving as the…
Mechanical engineering
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