The American system of manufactures: the report of the Committee on the Machinery of the United States 1855, and the special reports of George Wallis and Joseph Whitworth 1854Edinburgh U.P., 1969 - 440 pages |
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... piece of metal to which it is appropriated , all so exactly alike that any one copy might be taken as well as any other . Ten pieces , one from each of ten of these boxes , would together form a lock ; ten , one from each of another ten ...
... piece of metal to which it is appropriated , all so exactly alike that any one copy might be taken as well as any other . Ten pieces , one from each of ten of these boxes , would together form a lock ; ten , one from each of another ten ...
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... pieces , each piece is produced in proportionate quantity by machinery , and as each piece when finished is the result of a number of operations ( some of 20 or 30 ) , and each operation being performed by a special machine made on ...
... pieces , each piece is produced in proportionate quantity by machinery , and as each piece when finished is the result of a number of operations ( some of 20 or 30 ) , and each operation being performed by a special machine made on ...
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... pieces the length of the match . A piece of thin cloth is glued over one side . In this state the clumps are given to the machine , and pass in front of a revolving steel disc , which splits them into a series of thin plates , which are ...
... pieces the length of the match . A piece of thin cloth is glued over one side . In this state the clumps are given to the machine , and pass in front of a revolving steel disc , which splits them into a series of thin plates , which are ...
Contents
Introduction by Nathan Rosenberg | 1 |
Orders and Instructions received by Committee 91 | 91 |
Journal of the Committee 98 | 98 |
Copyright | |
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