. Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering. er various modifications, been long in use, but it is only within the last few years that machines for bending plates,for making rivets, and still more recently for riveting, have been introduced. For this last purpose, a variety of ingenious and effective combinations have been proposed, and al-though, as yet, none of them has come into very general use among boiler-makers, there can be littledoubt that the laborious and expensive process of riveting by hand will be superseded by some form ofthis machine. The first
. Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering. er various modifications, been long in use, but it is only within the last few years that machines for bending plates,for making rivets, and still more recently for riveting, have been introduced. For this last purpose, a variety of ingenious and effective combinations have been proposed, and al-though, as yet, none of them has come into very general use among boiler-makers, there can be littledoubt that the laborious and expensive process of riveting by hand will be superseded by some form ofthis machine. The first idea of the riveting machine is due to Mr. Fairbairn, of Manchester, who, in1838, patented a machine in many respects similar to the common punching machine, but having thegreat lever of such a form as to communicate a horizontal motion to the dies or tool for forming thehead of the rivet. The machine represented is a modification which Mr. Fairbairn has since made,in which he has introduced several improvements, and remedied several defects to which the formerwas
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