Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789-1874 · London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green · leaf 173
me plates, and inserted in the groove, forming, when thebolts h, k, are screwed tight, a neat and compact box. The creeper, fig. 262, is an archimedian screw worked in con-jimction with the contrivance just described, which is applicableto the raising of the grain or flour from a lower to a higher… … Fijr. 263. long endless screw with a wide pitch and projecting thin threads,inclosed in a wooden box or trough, of dimensions slightlygreater than its own diameter. It is made to revolve on its axis by means of a belt and pul-leys, at a velocity correspondingwith that of the elevators, and,beinof…
Mills and mill-work · Machinery
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