Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 306
neral foundry, Woolwich Arsenal. nace; D the chimney. The lower part, B, is called theboshes. As soon as the ore in the furnace has becomeignited the carbon and oxygen unite and form carbonicacid, which escapes, and the metal fuses at last and runsaway. The coal and ore are continually added year… … used for casting operations, and runs into sand-mouldsIt contracts very little when cooling. It is hard andbrittle. Bar Iron is the almost puremetal. It is remarkably tena-cious, and may be drawn intovery fine wire or rolled. But itis not hard enough for tools. Itis difficult to fuse, and must…
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