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.

The The Encyclopedia of Founding Quiz

Every answer comes straight from the book. Finish and you'll get a challenge link to send a friend.

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