The boards we use are attached to the permanent stone copings by bolts and nuts 4 feet apart ; iron bands, which are used to strengthen the boards, afford firm hold for the nut-heads.
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Nut-head
Synonyms for "nut-head"
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In such a device the riveting may be effected with proper riveting-tools, and the nut-head afterward screwed on.
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The machine is commonly rated at 800,000 pounds, but the last experiment approximating three-quarters of that amount ended by shearing off all the nut-heads at the recoil of the machine, and I found my labor was in vain.
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The rails are bolted to these (the nut-heads being filed off if necessary), and the line thus forms a continuous whole.
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