. A dictionary of arts, manufactures and mines : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. four strong wooden uprights. A, figs. 156, 157, 158, occupying the four angles of arectangle, of which one side is 14 inches long, the other 18 inches, and the height of therectangle about 40 inches. Fig. 156 is a section in a horizontal plane, passing throughthe line a b of fig. 157, which is a vertical section in a plane passing through the centre of BRAIDING MACHINE. 169 the machine c, according to the line c d,fig. 156. The side x is supposed to be the frontof the frame; and the
. A dictionary of arts, manufactures and mines : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. four strong wooden uprights. A, figs. 156, 157, 158, occupying the four angles of arectangle, of which one side is 14 inches long, the other 18 inches, and the height of therectangle about 40 inches. Fig. 156 is a section in a horizontal plane, passing throughthe line a b of fig. 157, which is a vertical section in a plane passing through the centre of BRAIDING MACHINE. 169 the machine c, according to the line c d,fig. 156. The side x is supposed to be the frontof the frame; and the opposite side, y, the back. B, six spindles or skewers, numbered,from 1 to 6, placed in a vertical position upon the circumference of a circle, whose centrecoincides with that of the machine at the point c. These six spindles are composed,1. Of so many iron shafts or axes d, supported in brass collets e (fig. 157), and ex-tended downwards within six inches of the ground, where they lest in brass steps fixedupon a horizontal beam. 2. Wooden heads, made of horn-beam or nut-tree, placed, thefirst upon the upp
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