Moulds
[məʊldz]
Examples
- The pulp was laid by hand upon moulds made of parallel strands of coarse brass wire; and the making of the pulp by grinding wood and treating it chemically to soften it was experimental. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- For while it is illuminating to see how environment moulds men, it is absolutely essential that men regard themselves as moulders of their environment. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They cast the copper in moulds made to the shape of the stone implements. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The machine is provided with a series of finger keys, which, when pressed like the keys of a typewriter, cause the letter moulds to assemble in a line in their proper order for print. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A similar process of embossing, was devised in Paris and called Xyloplasty, by which steam-softened wood is compressed in carved moulds, which give it bas-relief impressions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They cannot be cast in moulds or shaped by law. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The casting of car wheels by chill moulds, by which the tread portion of the wheel was hardened and increased in wearing qualities, is a good illustration. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The fat is then packed in cloths set in moulds and a slowly increasing pressure squeezes out the pure amber colored oil, leaving the stearine behind. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There are a number of duplicates of each character, and the moulds containing the same character are all arranged in one tube. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The dampened and plastic papier maché sheets are beaten into the face of the type form by means of brushes, are then removed, dried, and used as moulds to cast the stereotype plate from. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Are these letters cast in moulds? Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In _metal founding_ the employment of chill moulds is an important step. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The letter moulds are then automatically returned to their proper magazine tube. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Previous to that time type were generally made by casting them in hand-moulds--the metal being poured in with a spoon. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He succeeded in keeping alive one of the c ommonest moulds on the surface of ashes and racemic acid, and saw the l?vo-tartaric acid appear. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- When the frame is in one position, the letter moulds are released by the keys, slide down the wires by gravity and are assembled in line at the casting point. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Heretofore, the iron was run in open sand moulds on the floor and allowed to cool in bars called pigs, which were united in a series to a main body of the flow, called a sow. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Easels and plastercasts were mixed with type-moulds and galvanic batteries, and Morse turned from a portrait to his working model of telegraph transmitter and back again a dozen times a day. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- After some study he found it, and the firm began taking casts of type in plaster moulds. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- When the iron runs from the bottom of the blast furnace it is allowed to flow into trough-like moulds in the sand of the floor, and forms pig iron. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Accordingly, I was employed in cutting the wick for the candles, filling the moulds for cast candles, attending the shop, going of errands, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But they have an infinite faith in moulds. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The illustration shows two series of parallel trough moulds, each forming an endless belt, running on wheels. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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