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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Cage Iron – Castings, To Galvanize

Cage Iron

A skeleton core iron, used for such cores as the jackets of cylinders, etc. See SKELETON CORE IRON.

Calamine

A native carbonate of zinc, used in making brass. See BRASS; ZINC.

Candle

See OILS.

Cannel-coal

A dense, compact coal of a highly bituminous nature, used largely for making gas. See COAL; FUEL; PETROLEUM.

Caoutchouc

See RESIN; INDIA-RUBBER.

Capacity of Ladles

See LADLES.

Carbolic Acid

See TAR.

Carbonic Oxide

See OXIDE CARBONIC.

Card-moulding

See PLATE-MOULDING.

Casting

The finished or completed product in the foundry.

The act of pouring metal into a mould is called casting the mould.

Castings, To Bronze

See STAINS FOR METALS.

Castings, To Galvanize

See ZINC-COATING.

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