accurately-fitted

Updated: May 21, 2025

A machine of the kind was indeed proposed by Pascal, the eminent philosopher, in 1664, but more than a century elapsed before the difficulties in the way of its construction were satisfactorily overcome. Bramah's machine consists of a large and massive cylinder, in which there works an accurately-fitted solid piston or plunger.

Samuel Smiles - Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers