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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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Hose

A flexible pipe, made of rubber, leather, and various other flexible materials, for conveying fluids, especially water. When of good quality and properly cared for by providing reels to wind them on when not in use, and paying strict attention to the joints, they are a great help in the foundry, saving much time in carrying water to and fro.

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