Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . ng windlasses ;those for capstans are known as bars. Haiidspike-ring. (Artillery.) The thiirdile onthe trail transom of the gun, for the handspike bywhich it is maneuvered. Hand Spinning-ma-chine. A form of s|iin-ning-maidiiiic in A\liich a carding is fed by haiul tothe spindle, whi( h is revohed by a cord from alarge wheel, driven by the hand in the intervalsof


Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . ng windlasses ;those for capstans are known as bars. Haiidspike-ring. (Artillery.) The thiirdile onthe trail transom of the gun, for the handspike bywhich it is maneuvered. Hand Spinning-ma-chine. A form of s|iin-ning-maidiiiic in A\liich a carding is fed by haiul tothe spindle, whi( h is revohed by a cord from alarge wheel, driven by the hand in the intervalsof piecing on new lengths of carding. The usualform of rustic .spinning-machine is familiar, hut theexample is inteiidid to allow a jierson to sit andspin, the spiiuUe / being carried away from the(lerson by ]iressure on the treadle instead of tlie] walking backward from the spindle to drawout tlic carilini;. Hand-stamp. One for canceling, dating, , envelopes, documents, etc. Theexam)de lias a colored ribbon, which is drawn over HAND-SWIPE. 1059 HANGER. the face of type in the slaiiip-lieadG, which is set to tlie day, mouth,and year. Two cavities are madein the stamp-head, eacli containing Elg. Hand Spinnin^-Maciiine. a reel. One reel contains the inked rihhon, which is led under the head over the type, and is rolled up on the other reel. This head is secured to its stem by two screws, /0*8- 2390. one catching in a nick in one side // of the plate, and the other in ?* Hand-wheel. The teiiu is ap-plied to wheelswhich are turnedby hand to ac-tuate machineiy,to set it in motionor to stop it. Asthe wheel on thebrake-shaft of arailroad car ; onthe tail center ofa lathe ; on thestem oi a throttle-valve, etc. Theapplications arevery numerous,Hand--wheel \^ Lathe. A sniall-ben(.-h lathe in Fig. ^ ATc IV — 3


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