Spons' dictionary of engineering, civil, mechanical, military, and naval; with technical terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish (1871)
Spon, Edward, Byrne, Oliver, Spon, Ernest · London, New York : E. & F.N. Spon · leaf 127
BULLET-MAKING MACHINE. 883 Fig. 1808 is of a cast-iron case, containing a cast-iron cylinder-nlunger, pneumatic spring power, five rubber rings, and six steel plates. Fig. 1809 represents a pneumatic rubber draw-spring. It has four rubber rings and three oval steel plates. Sterne's buffer is in use… … Each buffer-rod carries a kind of shoe embracing the ends of a compensating travelling beam, which extends from one spindle to the other. This transmits the pressure fairly to the springs, at the same time enabling the buffer-rods to accommodate themselves freely to the position of the carriages…
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