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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9 entries in this part of The Encyclopedia of Founding.

Vapor

Heat converts liquids into vapors, and the process is called vaporization. Heat applied to a solid first expands it, then melts it, and…

Varnishes

The solutions of the various resins in alcohol, the drying-oils, or the essential oils. Transparent varnish for patterns: Alcohol 1 gallon…

Vegetable Wax

This wax is found as exudations on leaves and fruits, where they form a glaucous surface, which repels water. The bayberry, for instance…

Venting

The word "venting," as understood in foundry nomenclature, is a significant one, and means any or all of the various schemes which are…

Vent-wire

The wire with which a moulder pierces sand, in order to form passageways for the escape of gases. Large ones should be made fast to a…

Verdigris

A very poisonous diacetate of copper, which forms in a green crust on its surface if exposed to a damp atmosphere. It is useful in the arts…

Vinegar Bronze

This is for brass goods, and consists of vinegar 10 galls., blue vitriol 3 lbs., muriatic acid 3 lbs., corrosive sublimate 4 grains…

Volatile

A body is termed volatile when it is capable of evaporating, or passing easily into an aeriform state, as alcohol, ether, etc. See VAPOR…

Veins – Vitriol

See ORES. See ORDNANCE; CAST-IRON PIPES; HORIZONTAL CASTING.

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