... alternately drawn and propelled backwards and forwards caused the drill to revolve rapidly. Beyond this evidence we have fortunately preserved to us the several parts of an actual drill used by the ancients, the action of which is identical with the... Intaglio Engraving, Past and Present - Page 74by Edward Renton - 1896 - 117 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1885 - 330 pages
...protected the hand of the workman from the action of the upper end of the stem of the drill (Plate 3). But the important discoveries of the utility of rotary...the Egyptian and Assyrian cylinders the chief points of the design, such as the outlines of the body, the joints, elbows, ankles, ends of the hair, &c.,... | |
| Coins - 1900 - 704 pages
...ancients, the action of which is identical with the one just described, with the exception that, insttad of being grasped by a central socket, it is held upright...design, such as the outlines of the body, the joints, elbow ankles, end the hair, &c., were indicated by the use of the round-lxaded drill, and that the... | |
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