. Canadian foundryman (1921). aders of this publication insome really interesting foundry workwhich was done about two thousandyears ago, and which was buried be-neath several feet of earth at the timeof the eruption of Mount Vesuvius inthe year 79 , and just recently un-earthed. It is, of course, impossible togive any intelligent information on howthe work was done or what facilities thefoundrymen of those days had for doingit, so from a truly technical standpointthe material is of little use, and anyfurther articles on the subject will, ofnecessity, be more or less a repetition ofwhat ha
. Canadian foundryman (1921). aders of this publication insome really interesting foundry workwhich was done about two thousandyears ago, and which was buried be-neath several feet of earth at the timeof the eruption of Mount Vesuvius inthe year 79 , and just recently un-earthed. It is, of course, impossible togive any intelligent information on howthe work was done or what facilities thefoundrymen of those days had for doingit, so from a truly technical standpointthe material is of little use, and anyfurther articles on the subject will, ofnecessity, be more or less a repetition ofwhat has been shown and are not advis-able, although there were some compli-cated molding and pattern-making feat-ures which showed that the ancientworkman had to be a practical is just one more point I want todwell upon for a short time and I willconclude my story of the Ancient Rom-ans and their metallurgical ability—thatof agricultural tools. It is not an uncommon sight in theadvertisements of our modern manufac-. Iron KaKe taken from Villa Kustica. Badly cor-roded, but showing that iron was used. turers to see illustrations of how workwas done one hundred years ago andamong the pictures will be that of theroots and branches of trees improvisedinto some sort of a plow and beingdrawn by a couple of cattle. We aretold that this method is still in voguein some parts of the world at the pres-ent time. This may be true but theillustrations here shown of garden toolswhich were made in the first centurywould indicate that they had thatbranch down about as fine then as also show that iron was used thenand that tempered copper and bronzeof different kinds were not the onlymetals from which tools could be sickle and rake are only two of themany. Everything in the way of toolswhich a hand gardener would have to-day, was there. The iron is much rustedand covered with accretions of smallpumice-stone. Of the wooden handles traces still remain, although there ar
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