Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 208
e taken when cold to the shears(see Punching and Shearing Machinery), cut and piledinto a second bloom, or pile, as it is then called, thesize of which depends upon the size of the iron desired to be made, and upon its intended use,reheated in a reverberatory furnace, and rolled in the… … special uses. Heating Furnaces.—Furnaces for heating the pile or other mass ofiron vary somewhat in size and shape, according to the size and shapeof the iron to be heated. In general, they are somewhat similar to thecommon form of puddling furnace, the puddling basin being replaced byan inclined…
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