Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 87
nd then crys-tallizes in laminae. It is very brittle, like antimony, and of a brilliant lustre; its color is white, tend-ing to flesh-color. Its specific gravity is 9*83, which may be increased to 9-88 by hammering. It ex-pands in the act of cooling, which renders it peculiarly suitable for… … cast-iron retort, at the highest part of which the crude ore is charged. B shows a cast-iron bowl intowhich the metal flows. About half a cwt. of broken ore is charged in each retort, of which there arefour in a furnace side by side. This quantity nearly half fills a retort, so that the upper part…
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