Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 97
s that of kilns, (Germ, metier; Fr.meules.) These kilns are of two kinds, standing and lying; the wood standing on its end in the one,and lying on its side in the other, as shown in Figs. 2354 and 2355. The circle, to be levelled and pounded down, for a kiln of this sort, will be from 40 to 50 feet… … 2353.
Mechanical engineering
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