Planing
[plen]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plane
(-) a. & vb. n. fr. Plane, v. t.
Edited by Griffith
Examples
- The planing machine is organized in various shapes for different uses. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Conspicuous among the early planing machine patents in the United States was that granted to William Woodworth, December 27, 1828. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The planing machine of Muir, of Glasgow, British patent No. 5,502, of 1827, was designed for making boards for flooring, and represented a considerable advance in the art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He therein also described a machine for planing metal. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- All this time Mr. Guppy was either planing his forehead with his handkerchief or tightly rubbing the palm of his left hand with the palm of his right. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This is the versatile Jack-of-all-work in the planing mill. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But it needed the invention of the slide-rest and its application to metal-turning lathes to suggest and render successful metal-planing machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The planing machines of General Bentham were improved by Bramah, and he and Maudsley also greatly improved other wood-working machines and tools in England--1802-1810. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In Fig. 246 is shown a well known form of planing machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Following the invention of the lathe and the slide-rest, came the _metal-planing_ machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The planing machine was one of the many woodworking devices invented by General Bentham. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Bramah’s planer, British patent No. 2,652, of 1802, was about the first planing machine of the Nineteenth Century. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- We lose all planing and wood-working machinery, and with it the endless variety of sashes, doors, blinds, and furniture in unlimited variety. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In modern planing machinery the climax of utility is reached in the so-called _universal woodworker_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This great change has been brought about by the sawmill, the planing machine, mortising and boring machines, and the turning lathe. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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