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First lessons in metal-working (1890)

Compton, Alfred G. (Alfred George), 1835-1913 · New York : J. Wiley & Sons · leaf 86

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72 FIRST LESSONS IN METAL WORKING. purities being thus pressed out. The lump of pure iron thus obtained is passed between strong cylindrical rollers, which have grooves turned in … Fig. 52, A. both, opposite each other as in Fig. 52, and thus drawn out into bars from 3 to 5 inches wide, and Fig. 52, B. from to f" thick. These are called “muck- bars,” or “ puddled bars,” and are coarse wrought- iron. These bars are cut into short pieces, which are fastened together, reheated,…

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