Annual report of the Regents . <^ o A J3 a ^ a <u •^ D^ M M a. CLAYS OF NEW YORK 659 age of tlie brick. Coal dust is also added by some manufacturers;the advantage derived by its use will be mentioned under the headof burning. When soak pits are used, two men dig the clay in the afternoonat the bank, while a third man levels off the material as it is dumpedinto the pit and also adds the requisite amount of water. He iscalled the temperer. In the morning the two diggers of the previousafternoon shovel the clay from the soak pit into the machine. In many large brickyards separate gangs of
Annual report of the Regents . <^ o A J3 a ^ a <u •^ D^ M M a. CLAYS OF NEW YORK 659 age of tlie brick. Coal dust is also added by some manufacturers;the advantage derived by its use will be mentioned under the headof burning. When soak pits are used, two men dig the clay in the afternoonat the bank, while a third man levels off the material as it is dumpedinto the pit and also adds the requisite amount of water. He iscalled the temperer. In the morning the two diggers of the previousafternoon shovel the clay from the soak pit into the machine. In many large brickyards separate gangs of men do the pitshoveling and digging of the clay. Ring pits. These temper the clay more thoroughly than soakpits, but are not so extensively used, possibly because it costs atrifle more to operate them. A ring pit, as its name implies, is cir-cular, 25 to 30 feet in diameter, 3 feet deep and lined with boardsor brick. In this there revolves an iron wheel, 6 feet in diameterand so geared that it travels from the center to the circumferenceof the pit and then toward
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