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 358
gth throughout, will be as great in one place asanother. And a bottle will break at the point wherever it is theweakest, however that point may be situated relatively to the placewhere the cork is applied ; and the effect will be the same whetherthe stopper be inserted at the top, bottom, or side… … monly laid in solid masonry. A B is a small cylinder, in whichmoves the piston of a forcing pump, and C D is a large cylinder, 352 FOREIGN MECHANICS. in which also moves a piston, having the upper end of its rodpressing against a moveable plank E, between which and thelarge beam above is placed the…
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