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The metal worker's handy-book of receipts and processes : being a collection of chemical formulas and practical manipulations for the working of all the metals and alloys including the decoration and beautifying of articles manufactured therefrom, as well as their preservation (1890)

Brannt, William T. (William Theodore), 1844- · Philadelphia : H. Carey Baird & Co. ; London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington · leaf 450

An illustration from The metal worker's handy-book of receipts and processes : being a collection of chemical formulas and practical manipulations for the working of all the metals and alloys including the decoration and beautifying of articles manufactured therefrom, as well as their preservation, 1890, leaf 450
their lengths by reducing their thickness. Fig. 42 represents a wire-drawing mill. A is the reel upon which the wire is wound ; b the draw-iron held in the frame B, the finely hatched portion consisting of steel. C is the drum. The shaft f with the pulley i revolves constantly, whilst when running… … entirely passed through the draw-iron the tension ceases, the drum falls down, and, being liberated from the hook 0, comes to a stand¬ still without the co-operation of the workman. The wire drawn upon any drum may have to be re-drawn in a similar manner a number of times dependent upon the gauge…

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