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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Blast Pressure

The blast should always be delivered at a pressure sufficient to force its way freely through the whole contents of the cupola, and this is effected in cupolas from 20 to 80 inches diameter by a pressure of from 5 to 16 ounces per square inch. See CUPOLA; CHARGING THE COMMON CUPOLA; BLAST-PIPES.

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