Lukin, James. [from old catalog] · New York, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 76
ame, that we thought we couldhardly do better than adopt it in a modified form—i.e.ywe did away with a certain heavy and clumsy contrivanceoverhead—a long beam hinged at one end and fitted witha weight at the other. We replaced this affair by a frameof wood, as we had not then funds for much… … Fig. $.—Our Drilling Machine. to make the construction more clear. The bench andcross piece above were of ash, as we considered that upon 66 BOY ENGINEERS. these the strain would come; but the uprights were ofdeal, because the tendency would only be to stretch thoselengthwise. They were mortised…
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