Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 420
without some additional contrivance, which I shallafterward explain to you, repUed Mr. Seymour. The party had, by this time, arrived at the pump ; its doorwas opened, and as much of the apparatus exhibited as couldbe conveniently exposed. Mr. Seymour then chalked theannexed sketch upon the… … tation of the different parts as they would appear were it possible to cut the pump in halves, from top to bottom, without disturbing any of its arrangements. A drawing of this kind, which is frequently used for the sake of explanation, is termed a section. Mr. Seymour here took an apple fromhis…
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