Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics : also, lives of distinguished European mechanics : together with a collection of anecdotes ... relating to the mechanic arts : illustrated by fifty engravings (1852)
Howe, Henry, 1816-1893, New York Museum of Science and Industry. Library · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 115
became the husband of Mrs. Greene. He hadqualified himself for the profession of law, and was a gentleman ofcultivated mind and superior talents ; but he was of an ardent tem-perament, and therefore well fitted to enter with zeal into the viewswhich the genius of his friend had laid open to him. He… … PLAN OF THE SAW AND BRUSH CYLINDERS. * Description of Whitneys Cotton Gin.—The principal parts are two cylindersof different diameters, (see F H, section and plan,) mounted in a strong woodenframe, A, which are turned by means either of a handle or a pulley and belt, act-ing upon the axis of a fly…
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