. Canadian foundryman (1918). inedby this product. One of the first thingsnoticed by the visitor is the piles of tinpigs or ingots, especial interest attach-ing to this metal because the two prin-cipal, if not the only sources from whichit can be obtained at present, are both inthe British Empire. The Straits Settle-ments, that far eastern dependency ofBritain, is the source of the finest andmost tin in the world, and the fact thatit is obtainable in reasonable quantity atthis time is a tribute to Britains controlof the ocean. The other source referredto is in England itself—the ancient tinmin
. Canadian foundryman (1918). inedby this product. One of the first thingsnoticed by the visitor is the piles of tinpigs or ingots, especial interest attach-ing to this metal because the two prin-cipal, if not the only sources from whichit can be obtained at present, are both inthe British Empire. The Straits Settle-ments, that far eastern dependency ofBritain, is the source of the finest andmost tin in the world, and the fact thatit is obtainable in reasonable quantity atthis time is a tribute to Britains controlof the ocean. The other source referredto is in England itself—the ancient tinmines of Cornwall, worked by the Rom-ans, and to-day supplying tin to a Brit-ish colony, whose extent and potentialwealth exceeds any thing the most am-bitious Caesar ever dreamed of. And asif to prove that Canada lacks not her-self, mounds of lead ingots from BritishColumbia lie alongside the tin, their birth-places separated by a third of the globescircumference, and here united to pro-duce an article of Canadian manufacture. LEADPIPE PRESS FORMING A SINGLE LENGTH OF 12 IN. DIA. PIPEWEIGHING 900 LBS. which in many diverse applications ishelping our forces win the war. Babbitt and Lead Products The production of babbitt metal is notaccompanied by the clatter and rattleand din of shell manufacture nor is therethe hustle and bustle of numerous oper-atives, gaugers and inspectors; insteadthere are large melting pots reminiscentof soldiers soup boilers, next them arethe various quantities of selected metals,while a silent individual passes to andfro, glancing at pyrometers which indi-cate the progress of the melt, sampling^he products and despatching them tothe laboratory for analysis to check hiswork, and finally when the alloy hasreached the stage where the various con-tents are in proper condition to exerttheir full individual and collective influ-ences, the metal is ladled out and pouredinto the metal moulds which give it thefamiliar form in which it reaches itsusers. The entir
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