Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789-1874 · London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green · leaf 197
be for the finer description of flour. An inclination of 3 in 8 is given to the cylinder, and it makesfrom 560 to 650 revolutions per minute. Eings of wood, |thick, and 2^ deep, are placed roimd the cylinder at intervalsof 4f inches, and the whole is bound together by horizontalplanking i by 2\.… … The ground corn, introduced by the spout e, is brushed firstover the finest layers of wire from a to h, then over the coarserfrom h to c, and lastly over the coarsest from c to d, and isdenominated firsts, seconds, and thirds, according as it passesthrough the first, second, or third divisions of…
Mills and mill-work · Machinery
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