Mechanical movements, powers and devices; a treatise describing mechanical movements and devices used in constructive and operative machinery and the mechanical arts, being practically a mechanical dictionary, commencing with a rudimentary description of the early known mechanical powers and detailing the various motions, appliances and inventions used in the mechanical arts to the present time, including a chapter on straight line movements, by Gardner D. Hiscox (1914)
Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, 1822?-1908 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 164
567. HYDRAULIC RAIL BENDER. —The plunger is moved with great forceby the pressure from a small pistonplunger operated by a hand lever, on thesame principle as with the hydraulicjack. It is suspended by the eyes, andcan be used for straightening or bendingrails on the track. … 568. HYDRAULIC RAIL PUNCH,constructed in the same line as the railbender and hydraulic press. The loopsare for suspending and to allow thepunch to be easily handled in any position. 54 HYDRAULIC POWER AND DEVICES.
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