Templet
The Encyclopedia of Founding (1892)
All formers, sweeps, strickles, etc., are in some foundries improperly called templates. The template is simply an outline, in wood or iron of the whole or part of a mould or pattern in course of construction, and serves to test the accuracy of the work as it progresses. A frame or board shaped to the outline of a pipe, with lines to mark off the true position and angle of the flanges, etc., or any other similarly devised guide, is a tempaet also. EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES-REAUMUR, CENTI-GRADE, AND FAHRENHEIT. Reau. Cent. Fahr. Reau. Cent. Fahr. 80 100. 212. 28 35. 95. 79 98.75 209.75 27 33.75 92.75 78 97.5 207.5 26 32.5 90.5 77 96.25 205.25 25 31.25 88.25 76 95. 203. 24 30. 86. 75 93.75 200.75 23 28.75 83.75 74 92.5 198.5 22 27.5 81.5 73 91.25 196.25 21 26.25 79.25 72 90. 194. 20 25. 77. 71 88.75 191.75 19 23.75 74.75 70 87.5 189.5 18 22.5 72.5 69 86.25 187.25 17 21.25 70.25 68 85. 185. 16 20. 68. 67 83.75 182.75 15 18.75 65.75 66 82.5 180.5 14 17.5 63.5 65 81.25 178.25 13 16.25 61.25 64 80. 176. 12 15. 59. 63 78.75 173.75 11 13.75 56.75 62 77.5 171.5 10 12.5 54.5 61 76.25 169.25 9 11.25 52.25 60 75. 167. 8 10. 50. 59 73.75 164.75 7 8.75 47.75 58 72.5 162.5 6 7.5 45.5 57 71.25 160.25 5 6.25 43.25 56 70. 158. 4 5. 41. 55 68.75 155.75 3 3.75 38.75 54 67.5 153.5 2 2.5 36.5 53 66.25 151.25 1 1.25 34.25 52 65. 149. 0 0. 32. 51 63.75 146.75 1 1.25 29.75 50 62.5 144.5 2 2.5 27.5 49 61.25 142.25 3 3.75 25.25 48 60. 140. 4 5. 23. 47 58.75 137.75 5 6.25 20.75 46 57.5 135.5 6 7.5 18.5 45 56.25 133.25 7 8.75 16.25 44 55. 131. 8 10. 14. 43 53.75 128.75 9 11.25 11.75 42 52.5 126.5 10 12.5 9.5 41 51.25 124.25 11 13.75 7.25 40 50. 122. 12 15. 5. 39 48.75 119.75 13 16.25 2.75 38 47.5 117.5 14 17.5 0.5 37 46.25 115.25 15 18.75 1.75 36 45. 113. 16 20. 4. 35 43.75 110.75 17 21.25 6.25 34 42.5 108.5 18 22.5 8.5 33 41.25 106.25 19 23.75 10.75 32 40. 104. 20 25. 13. 31 38.75 101.75 30 37.5 99. 29 36.25 97.25 --See PYROMETER; HEAT.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
When the Encyclopedia of Founding wrote this in 1892, a templet was a physical thing: a board or iron outline laid against a mould to check the work as it grew, and the writer was cross that foundrymen misapplied the word to sweeps and strickles. The spelling lost: "template" is now standard, "templet" survives only in old trade manuals. The object has largely gone too, since patterns and moulds are now modelled in CAD and cut by CNC machines or printed in sand directly, so the accuracy check happens in software rather than against a shaped board. Meanwhile the word has travelled far from the foundry, to document templates, C++ templates and the template strand of DNA. The Reaumur column in the temperature table beside it is equally a period piece; that scale is no longer in practical use anywhere.
Written for this edition, 2026.