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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4 entries in this part of The Encyclopedia of Founding.

Yard

The standard measure of linear dimension. It is subdivided into feet and inches. Three feet are contained in one yard, and each foot = 12…

Yellow Brass

Bright-yellow brass or Bristol-sheet is composed of copper 16, zinc 6. Copper 16 and zinc 5 is Dutch alloy, which is a deeper yellow; and a…

Yellow Dipping-metal

Copper 32 pounds, zinc 2 pounds, soft solder 2 1/3 ounces. For soft-solder mixture, See SOLDER. See DIPPING. Yellow Iron Pyrites, or…

Yielding-platen Moulding-machine, Yoke & Yttrium

See MOULDING-MACHINES. A name in some localities for the bail of a crane-ladle. See BAIL.

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