Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics (1892)
Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 441
b., making it cost peracre, at current prices, from 28 down to about 18 cts. Other fibers besides those named areused to a moderate extent, also mixtures of the above with jute, ramie, and even Americanhemp. The Lowrv twine is the latest improvement in grain-binding material—an improve-ment in the… … Fio. 8.—Knotter complete. deemed useless for any other purpose. It is twisted or spun, without preliminary preparation other than combing it straight, into a uniform, strong twine, by special machinery devised by George A. Lowry. of Iowa, which also at the same timewraps it with light cotton…
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