Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . CUTTING NAIL-PLATES. You would see, said the guide, addressingTint, if you were to examine the ends of theseplates, that although the operation of the trainis intended to crush out the cinder and knit thefibres of the iron together, it is still in a com-paratively crude state, and contains some tracesof extraneous material which must be got rid of. 162 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY lOKNACE FOK llEATLNG TLATES, AND >iAlL-iIACUlNE. For this purpose it is transferred to the re-heatingfurnace, where it undergoes the process of hea
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . CUTTING NAIL-PLATES. You would see, said the guide, addressingTint, if you were to examine the ends of theseplates, that although the operation of the trainis intended to crush out the cinder and knit thefibres of the iron together, it is still in a com-paratively crude state, and contains some tracesof extraneous material which must be got rid of. 162 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY lOKNACE FOK llEATLNG TLATES, AND >iAlL-iIACUlNE. For this purpose it is transferred to the re-heatingfurnace, where it undergoes the process of heat-ing in a new shape. Threading their way between and around thevarious machines, cars, barrows, wheels, opera-tives, and processes, which make the place a veryBabel of confusion, the party reached the frontof the re-heating furnaces, where they found ailumber of boys piling the plates into smallstacks preparatory to their being placed in thefire. In making these piles care is taken tobreak joints so as to avoid flaws in the nail-plate. The furnace itself is very similar to thepuddling furnace, and is managed in very muchthe same manner: with this difference—the platesare not disturbed when once placed in the fire,but when they have been heated to a w^hitc heat,and are just ready to melt under the intenseheat to which they are subjected, they aredrawn as from the puddling furnace, areseized by an operative with a pair of tongs, and,wit
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