Excerpt from The Encyclopedia of Founding and Dictionary of Foundry Terms: Used in the Practice of Moulding, Together With a Description of the Tools, Mechanical Appliances, Materials, and Methods Employed to Produce Castings in All the Useful Metals and Their Alloys, Including Brass, Bronze, Steel, Bell, Iron, and Type Founding The ordinary dictionaries and encyclopaedias of general literature, and even those of the arts and sciences, contain but few notices of foundry terms; and where these do occur, the explanations are in many instances very meagre, and often Wide of the mark, showing either a limited knowledge of the subjects treated or a want of appreciation of their importance to the practical moulder, as well as to others who need information on such topics. If this work helps to supply this deficiency the author will be well rewarded. Opportunity has been taken throughout its pages to introduce words which, until lately, had apparently no connection with the founder's art, and in the explanation of which special care has been Observed to explain their meaning by such methods of illustration as will bring them into direct association with the whole science of founding particularly. It is with this view that names of minerals, metals, and chemicals have been inserted, the author believing that, remote as some of them may appear, they all have a bearing, direct or indirect, upon the general business of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.