Silk-Cleaning Knife, page 1
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A short dictionary entry from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary describing the silk-cleaning knife, an implement for freeing silk fiber of gummy impurities and dirt by drawing it over or between knife-edged surfaces that scrape it. It includes a line drawing (Fig. 5096) showing two upright blades mounted on a base plate with a clamp and screw.

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Date
1876
Language
English
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1
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