The brassfounder's manual : instructions for the modelling, pattern-making, moulding, alloying, turning, filing, burnishing, bronzing, etc., etc. ... (1879)
Graham, Walter · London : Crosby Lockwood and Co. · leaf 25
THE BUASSrOUNDEu's MANUAL^ "-''^ I'f^J regular furnace cannot be applied. The s£oTe- furnace (Fig. 3), or a modification of it, is genemUy^ m '0 Fig. 2.~-0rdinary Melting Furnace, adopted. The third furnace (Fig. 4) is only in^ tended for small work ; it is extremely clean, and , 1 … Fig. 4.— Gas-Blast Furnace. Fig. 3.— Stove Furnace. can be used on a bench ; the kneed-pipe over the crucible is made of fire-clay. The heat from this furnace is most intense.
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