Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . melted metal ?• blow-ing through the cap-hole. the melter closes itsecurely with afo/rf made of sand williclay-wash ; he has prepared in advance also a num-ber of other bods. which he uses for the samepurpose whcnevr it may be necessary while draw-ing Ihe metal. The bodis lightly attached tothe end of an iron or wooden rod,and beinir shoved UACLED ABMOS. 244 MADIGAN AUSTDNITION-BOZ. into the tapping-hole, sticks to it and closes it tap the cupola, the melter shoves into the? hod an iron bar with a square point,
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . melted metal ?• blow-ing through the cap-hole. the melter closes itsecurely with afo/rf made of sand williclay-wash ; he has prepared in advance also a num-ber of other bods. which he uses for the samepurpose whcnevr it may be necessary while draw-ing Ihe metal. The bodis lightly attached tothe end of an iron or wooden rod,and beinir shoved UACLED ABMOS. 244 MADIGAN AUSTDNITION-BOZ. into the tapping-hole, sticks to it and closes it tap the cupola, the melter shoves into the? hod an iron bar with a square point, and enlargesthe hole by turning the bar aroiuid. The ladles in-to which the metal is run are lined with a molding sand and clay-wash, or with loam, andthoroughly dried before iieing used. When all is drawn off, the cupola is dumped liy re-moving the prop and allowing the doors to fall. The• dump is then extinguished, and the pieces of ironand fuel picked and sifted out. After each dayscasting, the furnace has to be repaired by picking. out tlie slag which has formed within, and by daub-ing with a of clay and (ire-sand the parts ofthe lining where the fire-brick has been l)iirned once in si.\ months the entire tire-brick lininghas ) be replaced. Hee Cupola Furiiiife, Jrun. MACLED ABMOR.—Armor of the Middle Ages,- composed of small lozenge-shaped plates of metal,sewed on a foundation of doth orleatlier, and some-I times overlapping each other half way. MACOMBER GUN.—A gim, the pecufiarity of whichconsists in its stated extraordinary strength. Thechamber for holding the powder and the breech ofthe gun are formed of discs of wrought iron, com-posed of three different qualities of thtiron, the soft-est forming the center and the hardest the outercircumference of the disc, which are thoroughlywelded together, leaving a hole in the center. Aftera sutficient numV)er of these are prei)ared to formthe gun, they are roughly e
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