. A Treatise on the horse and his diseases [microform]. Horses; Horses; Horseshoeing; Chevaux; Chevaux; Marechalerie. 48 BIIOKINa. I I. evon if its cost 8limilcl bo doublo that of tl)o rold rolled nail, because no bIkmu- can fako the risk of injuring Iuh (aiHtonior'H horse. Use only tho very best of nailw; drivo as siiKtU and few nails as will hold thoshoe firmly and s<!nurely to its place. See that tho nails 1111 tho holes and Mu! heads tho crease, leavinj; little, if any, to prf)joct beyond the ground surface when finished, thus prev(!nting tho dinch from rising when brought iu contact wi


. A Treatise on the horse and his diseases [microform]. Horses; Horses; Horseshoeing; Chevaux; Chevaux; Marechalerie. 48 BIIOKINa. I I. evon if its cost 8limilcl bo doublo that of tl)o rold rolled nail, because no bIkmu- can fako the risk of injuring Iuh (aiHtonior'H horse. Use only tho very best of nailw; drivo as siiKtU and few nails as will hold thoshoe firmly and s<!nurely to its place. See that tho nails 1111 tho holes and Mu! heads tho crease, leavinj; little, if any, to prf)joct beyond the ground surface when finished, thus prev(!nting tho dinch from rising when brought iu contact with stones, and saving the injuring of the ankle. This drawing is made from a nail such as is used in Oriental countries, for atta(;hing shoes to their horses' feet, and has been employed since the 15th century. This is an ordinary h^'^-1-nmde nail made from the rod a at a welding heat, and still ..i use in England and Europe, and also in the United States, until the introduction of the Putnam Hot Forged Nails, which were the lirst successfully in- troduced Hot Forged machine nails, and this drawing shows the similarity of manufacture to that of the hand-make, and when in i\finished condition it is identical with those of hand-make when ready for use, and has no equal in the long list of machine-mrle nails. This drawing esents a cross section of from which the cold punched and sheared nails are made by forcing a blank there- from by means of a punch which gives a blank similar to No. 1. No. 3 the same as No. 1, but made hot instead of cold. These blanks are put through a series of rollers and drawn into the form of No. 3, with an indentation on the thin end for the scarfed points, which conduct the nail out of the hoof. No. 4 represents the piece which is removed by shearing the blade of No. 3, and pro- duces the nail No. 5 complete. All are aware that the rolling of irou. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced


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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjecthorses, bookyear1881