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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Lime

Lime is found in every part of the known world, the purest kinds being limestone, marble, and chalk. None of these substances however are lime, but are capable of becoming so by burning in a white heat. Pure lime may also be obtained by dissolving oyster-shells in muriatic acid. See LIMESTONE; MARBLE; CHALK; LIME-KILN; FLUX; OYSTER-SHELLS.

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