A short history of the art of printing in England (1877)
Powell, Arthur, b. 1853 · London : J. M. Powell, "Printers' Register" office · leaf 43
k, overcame this difficultyin 18^4 by fixing in the metal pot a small pump, to the nozzle of which the mouthof the mould was held with the left hand, while the handle of the pump wasjerked downwards with the right. This great improvement was quickly adopted in all foundries, j 1 j It was from this… … THE HAND TYPE CASTING MACHINE. accomplished the task.* His machine was introduced into Britain in 1848 byMessrs. Miller and Richard, who also improved it. In it the opening andclosing of the mould, the advancement of it to the nipple of the pump, andthe injection of the metal, are done…
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