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 506
3271 time, and so fills up any recess that would otherwise be formed in the chilled portion underneath. Inshort, the dead-head performs the usual function of feeding the casting under these special condi-tions. In Fig. 3269 is shown the mould ready for casting a field-gun with the interior copper…
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