Baille, Jean Baptiste Alexandre, b. 1841, Armstrong, John W., ed · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and co. · leaf 117
uses. All the preparations being at length completed,camp workshops are formed, comprising in each, fivemen and a foreman. One workman walks out infront, unrolling the coils of wire and joining themtogether by twisting the ends ; twro others fol-low, fixing the cups on which the wire is… … Twisting the Wires. wire being fixed in a hole which pierces the cylin-der. The wire is pulled vigorously, first by the hand,and then by means of a tackle and vise. Finally,the wire is cut and the ratchet-wheels turned to regu-late the tension. For this stretching, a certain ap-prenticeship is…
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