Mangle
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A single encyclopedia entry defining the mangle, a machine for smoothing linen and cotton articles. It describes the common form, a weighted wooden chest of stones rolling back and forth on two cylinders over linen laid on a smooth bed, driven by a toothed wheel and pinion. It also mentions patent varieties, such as one in which linen is rolled on a cylinder pressed by hanging weights against a sliding curved bed, and gives the verb sense 'to calender'.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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