The Encyclopedia of Founding

Twelve hundred entries from the golden age of cast metal — how bells are founded, why brass is not bronze, what a cupola melts and a core withstands — by Simpson Bolland, the trade's great teacher.

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Benzine

A limpid, oily fluid, resembling oil of turpentine. It is composed of hydrogen and carbon formed during the destructive distillation of coal. It readily dissolves caoutchouc, gutta-percha, wax, camphor, and fats, and is useful for removing grease-spots from silk and woollen. See TAR.

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