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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 908

An illustration from Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering, 1861, leaf 908 — Flint-glass is either formed by simple blowing with the pipe, by blowing in moulds, or by mouldsalone; in every case the form can be improved, as is generally done, by grinding, &c. The moulds are carefully constructed of brass or iron, and are somewhat wider at the upper part,when of simple… … Fig. 2164, intended for a decanter; a section of the mould is shown in Fig. 2163. The bottom e andthe sides a of the body form the lower and larger part of the mould, and are held together by thescrews b b ; the upper smaller part consists of two halves, meet-ing iu the line z z, which open after…

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