Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789-1874 · London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green · leaf 186
Fig. 277. … difficulty of obtaining sufficiently large masses of the Frenchstone, it is usual to construct the millstones in segments, whichare cemented together, and the whole firmly bound by ironhoops passing round the circumference. The lower stone is, inthe first instance, carefully dressed into a…
Mills and mill-work · Machinery
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