 | Medicine - 1820 - 1412 pages
...into the grooves. 13y this machine, the clothes are squeezed much drier than by the common muthod{; and the pressure upon all parts being uniform, less injury is done to the texture of the linen." p. 61. The mangle also lias been made to move by machinery, which is a great saving of labour. The... | |
 | Home economics - 1822 - 406 pages
...plate forced, against the end of the bag by a rack and pinion, and turned by a winch. By this process the clothes are squeezed much drier than by the common...uniform, less injury is done to the texture of the linen. But, whether washing is carried on by the new mechanical process, or by the usual manual mode, a choice... | |
 | Family manual - 1859 - 304 pages
...plate forced against the end of the bag by a rack and pinion, and turned by a winch. By this process the clothes are squeezed much drier than by the common...uniform, less injury is done to the texture of the linen. — Practical Domestic Economy. Although we give this description of the machine, we do not strongly... | |
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... further use. The process of wringing is also shortened, and improved, by placing the linen in a square box of strong sacking, ^kept open by iron rings, and shut up in a cast iron box, with a sliding plate forced, against the end of the bag by a rack... 