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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Yielding-platen Moulding-machine, Yoke & Yttrium

Yielding-platen Moulding-machine

See MOULDING-MACHINES.

Yoke

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

Yttrium

This metal was discovered by Wohler in 1828. It is a very rare metal, dark gray in color, and very brittle. See METALS.

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