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 803
the mill only into stand-aid dimensions of considerable size, and to ship these to near the place of distribution andconsumption, where they are then sawed thinner, to such dimensions as may be consideredmost desirable for the local market or special demand. This policy greatly lessens the wasteof… … Fig. 3.—Circular re!?awing machine. dirt, and defacing marks which are inseparable from shipment by rail, canal, or raft. Thelight and i-apid resaw also enables a dealer to fill his orders for irregular thicknesses, or forany great (luantity of any regular size with reasonable promptness, and…
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