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Silversmith's art and ecclesiastical metal work at its home Benziger brothers' factory .. (1894)

Benziger brothers. [from old catalog] · [New York, Benziger brothers · leaf 17

An illustration from Silversmith's art and ecclesiastical metal work at its home Benziger brothers' factory .., 1894, leaf 17
aOLD AND SILVER FOUNDRY. tional finger of Time. After the removal of the bar of metalfrom the ingot mould it is ready for the operation of rolling.By means of readily-adjusted steel rollers, revolving one abovethe other, bars of metal are lengthened out and reduced, whennecessary, to a ,. thickness… … through the rollers, each successive operation making it thinner. ■3. Metal spinning is ^n ingenious methodby which a flat bit of metal is in a few moments fashionedinto a cup or other piece of hollow ware without dies or cast-ing, without striking a blow by hammer or press. As themanipulation is…

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