from ευ well; τήκειν to melt
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ex An Outline of the Metallurgy of Iron and Steel, Prepared for the use of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Based on Professor R. H. Richards’ “Notes on Iron” by Professor H. O. Hofman
(Boston, 1904)
NYPL copy, digitized May 3, 2006
same (?) scan of same NYPL copy (minus noise), opens to title page at archive.org
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from ευ well; τήκειν to melt, melting readily 10
to melt at this level 43
gray iron — iron... and graphite — dissolved and combined before it can melt 87
would hardly melt 93
melt in one hour 111
with a bod (a ball of clay, loam, or steep). When a melt (heat) is finished... 112
which melt readily; then follow 113
as fast as the ends melt off 125
excepting that the ball is drawn without a final melt 125
in the checkerwork and melt 176
brought to a “dead melt” 198
A melt lasts three to four hours — The next step is that of “killing” the metal, i.e., holding it molten in the crucible until it becomes quiet. 204
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being every instance of melt, in that form of the word, in this volume.
tags: bloom; eutectic; latihan; melt; metallurgy; quiet