Castings

Examples

• Lucas’ process making Malleable Iron Castings. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In 1834 Henry Bessemer electro-plated lead castings with copper in the production of antique relief heads. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Near the tumblers are the grinding wheels, upon which are ground off the rough edges and the castings put into shape for the machine shop. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Small metal stars are placed in these tumblers with the castings, and when the tumbler is full it is started revolving. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As our business increased enormously, our quarters became too small, so we saw the district Tammany leader and asked him if we could not store castings and other things on the sidewalk. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The production of Bessemer steel in the United States for 1897 was for ingots and castings 5,475,315 tons, and for railroad rails 1,644,520 tons. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In the machining of the cylinder castings, and the operation of assembling the motor, close inspection of the work is noticeable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This shakes all the sand from the castings and they come out clean and bright. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Henry Bessemer electro-plates lead castings with copper. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The eighteenth century did have its glowing grates, and its still more glowing furnaces of coal in which the ore was melted and by the light of which the castings were made. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This process continues for some time, depending on the size of the castings. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The making of iron castings malleable by a prolonged baking in a furnace in a bed of metallic oxide was an important, but early, step. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Nickel is employed for cheaper ornamental effect, and copper finds a large application for electrotypes for printing and for coating iron castings as a protection against rust. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The framework in which the motor was placed consisted of a double hollow square of steel tubing, joined at the rear corners by steel castings and by malleable castings in front. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As soon as the castings have cooled sufficiently they are put into great horizontal cylinders, called tumblers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Pasteur thought that in places where sheep dead of anthrax had been buried, the microbes were brought to t he surface in the castings of earthworms. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The addition of phosphorus promotes the fluidity of the metal and makes very clean, fine and strong castings. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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