The Iron Age : Vol. LII : No. 26 : December 28, 1893

The A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. PubliBlied every Tlmrsday JVToriiiziK by I3avid 'Williams, NTos. 90, 98, XOO &;XOS X^ade St., N'ew Yorlt, Vol. LII: No. 26. New York, Thursday, December 28, iSgy. $4.80 a Year, including Postage. Single Copies, Ten Cants. Reading Matter Contents .... page 1185 Classified List of Advertisers.... 91 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers 95 Advertising and Subscription Rates 1203 • laSh/. Send for circular "I ” to SHULTZ BELTING CO., ST. LOUIS, MO. NEW YORK, N. Y., 225 Pearl St., A. B. Laurence, Mgr. BOSTON, MASS , 164 Summer St., G. J. Kelley, Mct. PHILADELPHIA, PA., 129 N. Sd St .J. Gamett.Mgr. TUDOR IRON WORKS, ST. IjOUXS. Manufacturers of HARROW TEETH, MINING RAILS, SPIKES, TRACK FASTENINGS. Every Hardware and Mill Supply Dealer Should Sell Bristol’s Patent STEEL BELT LACING. Send for show —J c a r d, circular READyTOAP»ty finished JOINT &ud free Samples THE BRISTOLS’ MFG. CO.,Waterbury, Conn. New York Office. 1^1 Liberty St. BRAIDED CORD. Send for Satnples, Sash Cord,Bell Cord,Clothes Lines,Masons’ Lines,&c. SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, Boston, Mass . TURNBUCKLES. Branch Office: 136 Liberty St., New York. Cleveland City Forge and Iron Co., - Cleveland, O. TO RENT, ONE HALF OR MORE OF NEW YORK STORE, 20 MURRAY ST., N. Y. Will rent Office or Desk Room, Floor Space, Storage in Basement, together or separately. Location is central for Hardware, Brass and Metal Goods and other trades. Store is lighted by Electricity and Gas, well heated by Furnace and has Local and Long Distance Tele¬ phone connection. For particulars call or address D. A. GOODRICH, 20 Murray St., N. Y. WE HEREBY GUARANTEE THE iSy.OWING ARMS When Used with Ammunition: Yhitney, Smith & Wes¬ son, Ballard, Stevens, Wesson, Remington and others of first- class manufacture. Colt, Winchester. Marlin, Bu. <S WE Alto GUARANTEE All OUR AMMUNITION. THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO.. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. N. B.—Many of the above named manufacturers will guarantee their arms Only when U. M. C. Ammunition is used. RANDOLPH & CLOWES, WATER BURY, - CONN. Western Depot, 71 West Washington St., Chicago, III. I 104 John St., New York. Branch Offices: j Pa. (oom 208 Neave Building, Cincinnati, O. SEAMLESS DRAWN BRASS AND GDPPER TUBING. Not anU Cold Rolled Sheet Copper mA Brass of all Mmis. JENKINS’ STANDARD PACKING For Steam or Joint Packing has no superior. It is maoufa'tured in all thicknesses. It is not loaled to increase weight. Does not ROT or BCKN OUT. Every sheet is stamped with Trade Mark, like cut. JBNKINS BROS., New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago. The Wilmot & Hobbs Mfc. Company, MAIN OFFICE, MILLS AND FACTORIES AT BRII>OEPORT, CODfTV. STORE, 20 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. (CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE.) BESSEMER, OPEN HEARTH, And the Celebrated and Unequaled Annual Capacity 15,000 Tons . Cold Rolled Steel. www mm ^ m m (REGISTERED TRADE-MARK.) HOT and COLD ROLLED Used for ail Pressed, Stamped and Drawn Work. Easily Brass, Copper, Bronze or Nickel Plated, Tinned or Japanned. Furnished with plain Blue, Pickled, Annealed or Bright Surface, and with Round Edges or Sheared to Exact width, Coiled or Cut to Lengths, and in any Degree of Stiffness or Ductility required. SEND FOR NEW STEEL DEPARTMENT PAMPHLET. For samples of the difficult stamped and drawn work which can be made from “Swedoh ” Steel, call at any Hardware Store and ask to be shown our ** AntbRust Copperized C. R. SWEDOH Steel OILERS.” Rainey Connelisviile Furnace and Foundry Coke. The only Coke you can buy and know you are getting the best that can be manufactured. All our works in the heart of the Region, within four miles of Connelisviile, Pa. J. O-AJAOITY, -i,000 TONS MAIN OFFICE: Mercantile Bank Building. DATLiY. CLEYEMND, OHIO. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. ^ NSONIA g RASS ^ Qopper Qo, MAMITFACTUREBS OF BRASS AND COPPER Seamless Tubes, Sheets, Rods and Wire. Ingot jDopper. Waterbury Brass Co. SOLE MANUFACTURERS Tobin Bronze (Trade-Mark.) Condenser Plates, Pumo Linings, Wire, Round, Square and Hexagon Bars, for Pump Piston Rods and Bolt Forgings. 19 & 21 Cliff Street, ■ ■ New Yor k. THE New Haven Copper Co.. ■Olil MAUBS OF POLISHED COPPER Under Patent of T. James, Sept. 12,1876. ALSO MANUFACTUREBS AND DBALBBSIN BRAZIERS’& SHEATHING COPPER, Kettles, Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, &c., ALSO MAMVFAOTUBBBS OF cait SM iiieis ail Blta oi siiatloi Qialltr. 294 Pearl St., NEW YORK. Establlahed 184S. Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, German Silver, Copper, Brass and Ger¬ man Silver Wire, Brass and Copper Tubing, COPPER RIVETS AND BURS PERCUSSION CAPS, TAPE MEASURES, METALLIC EYELETS, Brass Kettles, Brass Tags, Powder Flasks, Snot Pouches, &o., AND SMALL BRASS WARES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. HICK’S PRIMERS. BERDAN PRIMERS. Cartridge M€t€U in Sheets or Shells a Specialty. Sole Agents for the CAPEWELL MFG. CO.'S Line of Sporting Goods. DEPOTS : 296 Broadway, New York. 125 Eddy St., Provi¬ dence, R. I. _ MILLS AT WATERBURY. CONN. _ The Metal Worker’s Handy-Book OF RECEIPTS AND PROCESSES, BEING A COLLECTION OF CHEMICAL FORMULAS AND PRAC¬ TICAL MANIPULATIONS FOR THE WORKING OF ALL THE METALS AND ALLOYS,INCLUDING THE DECO¬ RATION AND BEAUTIFYING OF ARTICLES MANUFACTURED THEREFROM, AS WELL AS THEIR PRESERVATION. Edited from Various Sources by W'IIjIjIA.M T. BR.ANNT. 500 Pages, Cloth, Bent, post-paid, on receipt of price, by DATID WILLIAMS, Publisher and Bookseilei 96-102 Beade St., New Fork. SCOVILL MFG. COMPANY, Manufacturers of THE OaEBRATED ACID RESISTING DEOXIDIZED BRDNZE IN INGOTS OR CASTINGS, AN» DEOXIDIZED BABBITT METALS. BEST IN THE WORLD. X^a/rge Oastlnss a ©peoialty* Br*lcig©pox»t Deosclciissecl Bronz© etzid Metal Oo. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Sheet, Wire^ Tubes. BUTT HINGES, BUTTONS, LAMP GOODS, NOVELTIES. PUREALUMINUM INGOT and SHEETS. FACTORIES, WATERBURY, CONN. DEPOTS; 428 Broome Street, New York. 210 Lake Street, Chicago. 29 High Street. Boston. JOHN DAVOL & SONS, AGENTS FOB Brooklyn Brass & Copper Co., DEALERS IN COPPER, TIN, SPELTER, LEAD, ANTIMONY. too John Street. New York. MATTHIESSEN & HEGELER ZINC CO., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, SMELTERS OF SFELTER. AND MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET ZINC AND SULPHURIC A.CID. Special Sizes of Zinc out to order. Rolled Battery Plates. Selected Plates for Etchers’ and Lithographers’ use. Selected Sheets for Paper and Card Makers’ use. Stove and Washboard Blanks, ZIWO® FOR IaECJIa AIN OUSE BA^TTEltY. □sz=i.^eiiei o-oox>ei oo., Mfrs. of Stamped Brass, Silver and Nickeled Goods, Brass Labels for Cans and Rubber Moulds, IDOOX^ KISTOBS Sronie and Plated Roses, Combined Rose and Escutcheon Plates. Socket Shells, &c., Patent Mirror Pin Cushion Business Cards, Mucilage Brushes. Novelties of new design made to order. SALESROOM : 88 Chambers St., New York. FACTORY: 86-92 Third St., So. Brooklyn. HENDRICKS BROTHERS, Proprietors of the Belleville Copper Rolling Mills, Mannfaotarers of lolt Apxxd 81i.oAtla.l3xe -W-IR.B3 K,IVH3TS. Importers and Dealers in Ingot Copper, Block Tin, Spelter, Lead, Antimony, etc. 49 CLIFF ST., NEW YORK. WILLIAM S. FEARING. 100 Chambers St., NEW YORK, SELLS TO THE TRADE Sheet Brass, Fancy Sheet Brass, Qerman Silver^ Copper, Brass and German Silver Wire, Brazed and Seamless Brass a/nd Copper Tubes, Brass and Cop^ per BodSf Brass Ferrules, Fare Copper Wire, Sheet and Ingot Copper, Spelter, Tin, Antimony, Lead, <00. THE TECHNO-GHEHICAL RECEIPT BOOK. CONTAINING SEVERAL THOUSAND RECEIPTS, COVERING THE LATEST MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST USEFUL DISCOVERIES IN CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, AND THEIR PRAC¬ TICAL APPLICATION IN THE ARTS AND THE INDUSTRIES. Edited from the German with Additions by 'VSTILiLilAM T. BRANITT 495 Pages, Cloth, $i2.00. Sent postpaid on receipt of price by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher & Bookseller 96-102 Reade St., New York Published by David Wiluamb, 06-102 Reade Street. New York. Printed by Thk Wimjamb Pbihtiho C o., General Book, Commerolal and Newspaper Printers and Binders, Nos. 90 • 102 Beade St. Now York. Hosted by Google ELEPHANT TRADE-MARK. .nil GENUINE INGOTS 8 . MANUFACTURES' BEAR OUR REC.JliADE MARKS. PHOSPHOR-BRONZE iNCOTS, Castings, Wire, Sheet &c. The Phosphor Bronze SMtLTiNcCo.LiMiTEO 512 Arch St. Philadelphia Pa., U.S.A, ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS OF PHOSPHOR- Bronze IN THE United States AND Sole Makers of"ELEPHANT BRAND”Phosphor-Bronze. PHOSPHOR BRONZE. Parsons’ Manganese Bronze and White Brass. MADE IN THE UNITED STATES EXCLUSIVELY BY THE WILLIAM CRAMP & SONS SHIP and ENGINE BDILDING CO., PHiLADELPmA, PA. M:.A.lTG!-jA.3SrESE BRONZE BROPEXjEERS -AKE USED BY THE- Cunard, Pacific Mail, Hamburg: American, White Star, International, Morgan, Canadian Pacific, North German Lloyds and many other Steam Ship Companies, and principal Naval Powers. Parsons’ White Brass; the Most Approved Anti-Friction Metal. 6. DOUGUS PETRIE, Agent, - Nos. 39 & 41 Cortlandt Street, New York. Rougrh Casting: of Aluminum. Almnlnum Bronze, GTennan Silver Bronze and all kinds of Metals. Manufacturers of Chandeliers, Metal Picture Frames, Ink Stands, Figures, Statues, etc. Stair Carpet Holders a Specialty. St. Louis Bronze & Aluminum Works, 3741-3743 North Broadway, 8 T. liOUIS, MO. E^VANS FRICTION CONES. For regulating the speed of machines au¬ tomatically or by hand. Thousands of sets in operation driving all kinds of machinery which require from 1 to 60H.-P. Address Evans Friction Cone Co., 85 Water Street, Boston, Mass. Every Reel Warranted. ATTHP T N P Hendryx p. tented Adjustable Globe Bearing S«ls> \/U-LiiAlvT Aluminum Reels, “perfectly constructed and beautifully finished in every part, these Reels work as truly as watches. Actual weights. Single Action, 2^^ ounces; Mul- ■■ I 1 — tiplying, 43^ ounces; Quadruple, 434 ounces. The Andrew B. Hendryx Co.. New Haven. Conn., U. S. A. ' CAN BE PTTBCHASED FROM AI7Y FIRST-CLASS DEALERS IN FISHINQ TACKLE- BRASS, BRONZE, m ■ COMPOSITION and 1. L. ALUMINUM CASTINGS. Heavy and Li# F.L GAYLORD GO. ANSONIA. CONN. Send for Prices. TRY IT! ANDYOU WILL USE NO OTHER TIN. THE HI6HESTAND RICHEST CRAOE MADE. NANUr actured only bt THECRESCBiTPHOSftiORIZED METAL COl PHIUDELPHIA PA □FFICC AND WORKS ZIQ72l03^"<’2m INDIANA Chester, Pa« Bronze, 3Br»ee And. Ooxnz>oeltlon OAstlnse'. Inventors and Sole Manufacturers of “Crown Bronze” Bearing Metal and “Crown ROLLING MILL Babbitt Metal.” PHOSPHCOB-BBONZE TO TENNS'XTJVA.NIA. It.A.IX.ItOA.X>. Speolfloatlons In ingot metal or eastings. The W. W. A R. M. KEYS CO., COTVWr. best, box & oo., 25th street and A. V. Ry. - PITTSBURG, PA. SOLE manufacturers OP CLIMAX BRONZE FOR A.3L.L FXJK,POSES- CASTINGS from i oz. to 12,000 lbs. PHOSPHOR-TIN , By using my phosphor tin manufa' URERS CAN MAKE ANY DESIRED GRADE ! ■' PHOSPHOR BRONZE themselves.BY Ti SIMPLE PROCESS OF MELTING, muci, ' CHEAPER THAN THEY ARE NOW TC ^ HAD IN THE MARKETrNEW OR OLD COPF l CAN BE USED. FOR circulars A^'^5 pru ;ddress HALK &NAUMANN CiOLEl vS*/ OFFICi, agents^'-'" U.S.^'^PCANAOA.'^^ PF/\V.V Tbe American Metal Co. (LIMITED), Levin Building, 80 Wall St., New York. P. O. BOX 957. COPPER, COPPER ORES AND MATTES. TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKE, ALDMINDM, BULLION, IRON. Advances made on Consignments. AGENTS FOR Henry R. IVlerton dk Co., - - London. Merallgesellschaft, Frankfort-on-IVlain. IVilliame, Foster &: Co. Ld., Swansea. Hosted by Google WASHBURN tt MOEN MANUFACTURINC CO., WORKS IN WORCESTRR, MASS., and WAUKECAN, ILU MAKERS OF IRON/STEEL AND COPPER EVERY VARIETY OF X E& JEm FOR ALL PURPOSES. .OIXj TBlliXPBJRBiS SPXT.TXTCS-S A. SPBlOIA.lLi'r'y. SPIRAL FURNITURE, BED AND SPECIAL SPRINGS. FLAT CLOCK and WATCH SPRINGS, EXPORT ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. Warehouses: 16 Cliff and 241 Pearl Sts., New York; f07& 109 Lake St., Chicago; 8 & 10 Pine St., San Francisco. VOLUTE, WIRE and FLAT STEEL SPRIN6S ft Agrncultural Implementa, Maokii. O various other purpooM. Ij_ Write for prices to SABIN MACHINE C0„ MANUFACTURERS. montpbjltbr. vt. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 5 .'‘ll ' '1 rp.^ ©“Pi sriiitfi 2^*^ V i 17tli to 1 18th Street and Harlem River. General Offices, Foot 118th Street, New York. Makers at Irony Beasemer* Slemena-IVlartln andCmolble Cast Steel Wire oi all klndsy annealed* soft and hard drawn t Coppered Sprlnc Wire for Furniture Springs, dee** Coppered Solt Wires* Baling Wires, Suspension Bridffe and Rope Wires of all kinds* &e. STEEL MUSIC WIRES and MUSIC SPRING WIRES, UNRIVALED FOR PIANOFORTE STRINGS. FOR THE HIGHEST CLASS OF SPRINGS. Speelalty of finest Cast Steel Wires* round, flat, square and any other shape, tempered and also in the soft state, yuaranteedte harden and temper* Solid Rib and Parauon Umbrella Wires* Crinoline, Corset, Shade Roller, lioek, Hat* Brush* Saw* Band Saw, Clock Spring* Clock Bell, Clock Terye and Watch Sprlny, Rule and Tape Line and Eyeylass Wires, 4 &e. Plano, Needle, Fish Hook, Drill and Hair Spiiny Wires* Special Cast Steel Wires of any kind made for special purposes. Also Coyered Wlres*-Braided and Cloth and Paper Corered—for crinoline, corset and other purposes* Cold Rolled and Slit soft and Tempered Steel Strips of all kinds and for all purposes* etpeoial Wires ancl Slprlxiirs of Every X>esorlptloii. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. Ojl^XjiXFO3El.Ii0rX^ .509-511 MARKET STREET* - SAN FRANCISCO, CAE, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE ROPE FOR CABLE RAILWAYS AND MINING PURPOSES HALLIDIE’S PATENT WIRE ROPEWAY, Simplest and most economical means of transportation. Send for illustrated Catalogue. THE CELEBRATED “SILVER FINISH” GALVANIZED POULTRY NETTINGS. FOB SAIiB BY THB HABDWABB TB4DB. I p H.ESTABLISHED iiB4.5 ' n iCfURERSOF j I .^(n^)SPRHii;sa > ' »\INDS OF ^ Ig SMAU SPRINGS ^ .fi^DE FF^Ofvl ^ f '^SHEEI :STEEL?tSTEEL& BRASS WIRE ^ I B I Bright, Coppered, Annealed and Tin Plated* Finished to order, round, square, oval or flat. OBT THE BEST. TINNED WIRE OF ALL SIZES A SPECIALTY Hosted by Google 6 THE IRON AGE, Always Unequaled for Strong^ and Durability. . Mad« Only by BiodeilGlL & Bascom Rope Go.* St. Louis, Mp. HOWSON AND HOWSON Counsellois at Law Solicitors of Patents PHILADELPHIA Forrest Building^, 1 1 9 S. 4th St- NEW YORK Potter Building:* 38 Park Row. WASHINGTON Atlantic Building, 928 F St. PATENTS U. S. and Foreign Secured. Trade Marks and Copy Rights. Twenty Yftrs’ Experience. Send model or sketch and brief description of your invention for , Free report as to patentability. Expert atarcbes and opinions as to Scope, Valid- I ity and Infringement Patent Causes Prosecuted and Defended. Practice In U. S. Supreme, Circuit and Circuit Ap¬ peals Courts, and U. S. Patent Office. Send for Plain Words about Patents.” Free. FATENT PRACTICE EXC1.1JSIVEI.Y. References Fnrnlslied on Application. ■. B. STOCKING, Attorney at I<aw, 611 F ST., N. W., WASHINGTON, ». C. JE> ^ a? K3 N 07 JS . H. W, T, JENNER, Patent Attorney and Me- elumioal Expert. 619 Seventh St., Washington; D.C. Charges moderate. Write for terms. EstaNi’Phed 1883. SPRINGS-RIVETS. Specialties in SHEET METAL WORK, CLOCK and INDICATOR POINTERS, CLARK & COWLES. PlainYilie, Ct. W. S. ESTEY, No. 65 FULTON ST., NEW YORK, MANUFACTOREE OF oxjiOVEE Of Brass, Copper, Iron, Galvanized and Steel Wire of all meshes and grades. For Mining. Milling and all other purposes. Locomotive Spark Wire Cloth, -AND- •'Win.ns -'WORK For Bank. Office and Counter Railing, Store Fronts Window Gnards, &c. Galvanized Twist Netting. Oliver’s Patent Decoy Rat Traps. S T Pat. Adjustable Foundry Riddles. S "P SApJolcI. ISoxrooAXSi. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. COBB & DREW, PLYMOUTH, MASS, Manufacturers of Norway Iron Rivets, Bran and Copper Rivets, Burrs, Washers, D. P. Tacks and Staples. New York Agency, Jame» S. Mender eon, encceeeor to Disoeway dr Henderson, Hardware. Agents for Philadelphia Star Carrtag# and Tire Bolte. Williamsport Wire Rope Co., Williamsport, Pa. ¥imoois [87 Libeflj HeW Yoiil^. wmesS, p». NEW HAVEN WIRE MFC. GO., , laiolactinis ol WIRE In great rariety. rrmw h:a.veit, OOITN. Wire Cloth; Wire Goods Hardware Grade and Fanning Mill Wire Cloth, Poultry Netting, Heavy Window Screen Wire Cloth, Coal and Sand Screens, Riddles, Ash Sieves, &o., &o. Office and Counter Railings, Elevator En> closures, Wire Stall Guards, Hay Racks Feed Boxes, Window Guards, &c., &o. I^E'Z'ITOIjIDS <Sb oo., MANTTFACnmEBS OF SET, CAP AND MACHINE SCREWS, STUDS. COUPLING BOLTS. STOVE BOLTS. FINISHED NUTS. So. Also Hand and Draw-Plate Moulding Machines for Foundry Use. ^raaxTiT' oowrMTo Send for Catalogue. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. ., rlrfrl - 1 - l-Ll VS.f^X U\U\\^ mKSS, S'X^'LV >vr.so MANUFACTURERS OE ' GENERAL WIREWOBK. vWmdowGuaTds, ^ Stable FixtiLre& FAILINGS, SaudScreems Coal Screens Etc. WIOKWIRE BROTHERS, Wire Cloth and Wire Goods, Coal Sleies, NEW PROCESS ES Cortland Dish C0Y6FS, ^ 0 '*'='* Metalllo WIRE CLOTH. Coftl SlCTCSi roU wrapped In Pink Paper and haa onr name on label. CORTLAND, N. Y. E. H. Titchoner & Co., BINGHAMTON, N. Y, -MANTTFACTUBERS OF— ' MiLSb"" Kilmer Manufacturing Co. -Newburgh, N. Y. 'Manufacture BILE TIES For Baling Hay, Straw, Rags, Excelsior. &c. AL.SO WIRE RODS, BARB WIRE, COIEED STEEL WIRE, WIRE STAPLES, GAL- VANIZED WIRE, ORNAMENTAL FENCING, &c., &c. Western Warehouse 543 and 545 State Street, Chicago, Ill. Western Office 21 Quincy Street, Chicago, Ill. New York Office, iii Water Street, New York City. Works and General Office, Newburgh, N. Y. M THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS CO., Cleveland, Ohio. STAPLES in All Varieties, Double’Pointed Tacks, Bed Links, Etc. TSlina. Staples a ©peolalty* BARBED WIRE, PLAIN WIRE ME NAILS. Quick Shipment. Write for Prices. Indiana Wire Fence Co., Crawfordsville, Ind. CHAMPION IRON CO, SPJECIAJ0TIJS8, — Iron Stairs and Jail Work, Build¬ ers’ and Ornamental Iron Work, and the only manufacturers ot Mtdleabln Iron Cresting guaranteed against breakage ; also manufacturers of the Celebrated Ohio Champion Iron Force and t f t f ^ fi 0 ^ 0 Lift Pumps. Send for 220-page Catalogue tT{TfTi m l Largest Iron Fence and ~ Railing Works in U. S. [ j [] [ jjjhi KENTON, O. — Corrugated, Crimped and C'ap-Boa'd Iron Roofing &. Siding* C CLEVELAND i ^ IR O N Office and Salesroom, 197^ Enelid Ave., MANUFACTURERS OF WROUGHT IRON FENCE and RAILING. stable Fixtures. Crestiii^, Terminals, Wire Office and Counter BaUingiLawn Seats and Vases. Iron and Steel Jail Cell Work. Orna¬ mental and Structural Ironwork. Iron Buildings, Roofs, Doors, Shutters, Cornloee Skj'Ughts, Bridges, &c. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF C0„ Office 5 Cey Street, Room 13 NEW YORK. Hosted by Google 8 THE IRON AGE, Reliance Wire t Iron Worl^ jfpwipfe # ARCHITECTURAL WIRE AWD' ^q|t WpRKEHS. ^ J | Wire Cloth, Galvanized Fencing ^^nd N^tinlr# Wiljj? Lath, Wire a:nd| Iron Fences and Railings, Window Guards, Stable Fixtures, Bankc- and Office Railings, all kinds ol Brass, Wire and Iron Work for Buildings and Offices, SOND FOR ILLIJSTRATBR OA^rAIiO^R^^ CLINTON WIRE CLOTH CO. Manufacturers of Every Description of ■ WIRE CLOTH, HEX. NETTINGS, WIRE LATH AND FENCING. Perforated Metals. IWire Cloth and Nettings. Clinton “ Standard” (Number 33 Wire) Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth. FACTORY AND CENERAi. OFFICE: CLINTON, MASS. NEW YORK, 76 Beekman Street._ BOSTON, 199 Washington Street._CHICAGO, 137 Lake Street The Gilbert A Bennett Mfg. Co. ——--MA.K'UFA.CTXJltK - Psnrl Window Sorson Wlro Ciothi ■■ g■ pi ■ ■ a■ pi■■ hhi 4<4< Gliff WIRE CLOTH, NETTING, new'^ork. “ Cottage” Lawn & Carden Fencing. Fencing, Cates, Fencing Tools, j^s Lake Street. r.:ri%r..r"’ wire Goods WireWork Chicago. fillbert’e Rival Ash Sifters. II II U UUUUaJ, It II U 11 Ul 1% .GBOBOBrow.cosit. Hense Feraishlng Wire Goods. RAILINGS. WINDOW GUARDS. 1 chioago. illinoib. MA.NXJI’A.CTXJRa WIRE CLOTH. NETTINC, Fencing, Cates, Fencing Tools, Wire Roods, WireWork RAILINGS, WINDOW GUARDS. WIRE LATHING WITH HAMMOND’S METAL FURRING. -VAAOD, ^ CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. ESTABMSHBD 1818. COLTON WIRE CLOTH CO.. Worcester. Mao^ PATENTtO-- 1664 NEW PROCESS MANUVAOTUBEBS OF HVBBY DESOMPTION OF fJE"’’WIRE CLOTH m NETTINC li UrIDr MrTTIMn Painted Window Screen Wire Cloth, ifiriL IvLl IlllU.^l^g UTHING, HOUSE FURNISHING WIRE GOOBS Patented March, 1884, HARD STEEL Wl^ Patents Pending. sbn» for latest oatalocve. PENNSYLVANIA WIRE WORKS, EDWARD DARBY & SONS, 233-235 Arch St, Phila., Pa,, 3i/tA.3SrXJF.A.OTXJR.E:K.S. BRASS, COPPER, STEEL, IRON and GALV’D WIRE CLOTH. Pennsylvania Halv’d Poultry Netting, Coi’tland Painted Window Screen Wire Sieves, Riddles, Wire Window Gruards, Cloth, Coal and Sand Screen, Wrought Wire and Iron Hoods. Iron Work of Every Description. OORRESFOITIDEN'OE! eOLIOITEE. PAINTED AND GALVANIZED WINDOW SCREEN CLOTH. IRON, STEEL, RRASS AND COPPER WIRE CLOTH. MANUFACTURERS THE ROEBLING STANDARD WIRE LATHING. NEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH CO PREMTON* liy and 119 IiIBBIlTT STREET, NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK. 17i and 173 liAKE STREET, CHICAGO, “JERSEY” POULTRY netting AND FARM FENGING. its and 37 FRBIMONT STREB*. SAN FRANCISCO' Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE, 9 The Berlin Iron Bridge Co., OFFICE AND WORKS, CHA8. M. JARVIS. JPrts, and Chief Mngi/neer, BURR K. FIELD, Vice ^ President m GEO. H. SAGE, Secretary, F. L. WILCOX, Treasurer, EAST BERLIN, CONN. Engineers, Architects and Builders Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Hosted by Google 10 THE rkON A<3«. AMERICAN TAC& CO., FAIRHAVEN, MASS. ESTABUSHEO tH 1867. 608 SEARS BUILDING, B0ST(IN« MASS4| U«S> A. I DVNBAR, HORART A CO., IFBlTlnAiNj mass; AORINO A FARRS , FCT MftlM'H, Ij*—* EBTABUSHBD IN 1810. a^ haa A. FIBAD & SONS, TAVNTON, MASS. TAUNTON ' gAO K CO., TA^UNTON, HAM. ESTABLISHED IN 1827. ESTABLISHED IN 1854. AMERICAN TACR CO., FAIRHAVEN, MASS. OAR COAONY RIVET CO., FAYMOUTH, MAM. ESTABLISHED IN 1867. ESTABLISHED IN 1866. MANXJF’AOTXJRiHIR.S of* Tul», Bradt, Snail Nalls, Shoe Nalls, Llnlns and Saddle Nalls, Tuftinp Nalls and Buttons, Wire Nalls. Finishing Nalls, Wont Brada, Hungarian Nalls, Steel Shanks for Boots and Shoes, Wire Taoka, Esoutoheon Pins, ^elets. Glaziers Points, Rivets, Burrs, Furniture Springs* Pilgrim Spring Bed, and other artloles. We have the largest and only complete and fnlly assorted stock in the world. Rritif known brands we continue to use, and either will he furnished upon request. We have long distance telephone connection with our New YOVb Store and our factories. MJLlir 0FFIC:E, SOS SFAJBS BUI1^I>ING,199 WASHINGTON ST.. ^OSmN, MASS, BSANCH OFFICM A WABEHOVSJ^ 31 WABBEN ST,, a rrr OAX. _ _ BBANCH OFFICE A WABisHOUSE, 406 COE^MEBCE ST,, FMIIABEIiFHIA, FA, Tacks, Wire Nails and Brad?, Hoop Nails, Staples, Silver and Japanned Lining and Saddle Nails, Double Pointed Tacks, Slating and Roofing Nails. quarter SIZE BONNIE BLUE “JUST ENOUGH” TACKS. Brass Nat's, too 100 Kegs in a Box. ^ p Assorted 3 to I2 oz. . Retails 2 Kegs for 5 enough to top a pair cents. of shoes; 20 papers in PARISIAN GILT 5 cent seller. NAILS. - 20 papers in C ar ton. 5 cent selltr. DOUBLE ENOUGH --Cobblers’ Nails. 200 ^ KEG^CARPET°° ^ails in a Paper, 20 TACKS. Papers in Carton. 5 5 cent seller. [cent seller. " BILL NYE BRAD BOX. 168 Papers Wire Brads, assorted to 2 in Each Paper ju^t right to retail for 5 cents. iN^oossirle^ GRANO ^ Chicago, I LL.U.S.A CB-OOIDWIlSr^S Improved Book-keeping and Business Manual, Revised aad Enlarged Edition. BY J. H. GOODWIN Forty-first Thousand. The author of this book has sought among bookkeepers of all degrees of various kinds of business for points which would be likely to prove of value either to a Jj? a business man. In these interviews he has been permitted to inspect the books of some business houses of the country, and to learn the methods employed by them, bodies not only the results of his own experience, but that of at least a hundred other bookkeepers of the highest standing in the profession, from whom there have been received and are here given a great variety of valuable points, A FEW OF THE IMPORTANT MATTERS CONSIDERED ARE AS FOLLOWS: ADVANCED DOUBLE ENTRY. Describing the hive secured excellent situations through the knowledge peculiaritifs of the most advanced systenas of the present day. derived from a study of this work. and contrasting them with those of antiquated systems. In STOCK COMPANIES. 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A recently discovered method each and every posting, as well as the balance of every account detecting errors in Trial Balances, also a new method of in the Ledger—requiring but little, if any, additional labor, detecting errors in posting. and efifeciing a saving of fifty per ce^it, in the expense of both BUSINESS MEN. This work contains a large num- Salaries and Ledgers. a a 4 ber of valuable hints upon subjects of special interest to all NO TEACHER REQUIRED. Many "f business men. purchasers who had no previous knowledge of bookkeeping Printed in two colors, on an excellent quality of paper, and is substantially bound in dark, rich cloth. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price ($3.00) by DAVID WILLIAMS, Publisher ^ Bookseller, 96-102 READE STREET. NEW YORK; Hosted by Google THE IKON AGE, 11 Ti^liRON AND BRASS RIVETS, STUDS, PINS, SCREWS, &c.. For Manufacturers of Light Hardware. > Vt(l BLAKE A JOHNSON. 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THE IRQN AgB. _ - Gautier Steel DepaMt of Gaibria Iron Co., JOKHrSTO-W-N-, FA.. -: MANtTFACTlTEERS OP;- MERCHANT BAB STEEL: Including Tire, Toe Calk, Machinery, Carriage Spring, Rail¬ road Spring, Hoe. Rake, Fork, etc. AGRICULTURAL STEEL AND SHAPES: Finger Bars, Knife Backs, Rake Teeth, Bundle Carrier Teeth, Tedder Forks and Springs, Spring Harrow Teeth, Harrow (Drag) Teeth, Seat Springs, etc. PLOW STEEL: Flat and Finished Plow Shapes, Digger Blades, Slabs, (Penn and Pernot), Hammered Lay, Rolled Lay, etc. COLD ROllED STEEL SHIFTING. STEEL HARROW DISCS. CAMBRIA LINK BARB WIRE. New York Office, Philadelphia Office, Chicago Office, Southern Office, 102 Chambers St. S. W. Cor. 5th & Commerce Sts. 209 Phenix Building. Chattanooga, Tenn. IRONtf STggl QRIDGES.ROOFS^’ pUILPiNK BOSTON BRIDGE WORKS, Engineers and Builders, OTEASON BUIliDlNG, BOSTON, lYIASS. Roof of Machine Shop at Portsmouth (N, H.) Navy Yard. INQUIRIES SOLICITED. O.H. ANDREW^ Proper, S* ^ J. R. WORCESTER. Chief Eng’r. R- H. BROWN, Con. IMPROVEMENTS PATENTED 1690 IN THE U. S., CANADA AND EUROPE. FIRE-PROOF. Easily applied by anyone# Send forSamples and Descriptive Price Uelj He W. JOHNS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, W. Johns’ Asbestos Plre and Water-Proof Sheathlnff. Building F^t, Steam Paok!n««, Boiler Coverings, Liauld Paints, Roof Paints, Roof Cement, Fixe-Proof Paints, etc, 87 MAIDEN LANE. NEW YORK. JERSEY CITY, CHICAGO. PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, LONDON. IRON AND STEEL ROOFINO. Corrugated Iron, Galvanized Eave Trough and Conductor Pipe, Roofing Paints, etc. Cambridge Roofing Co., Cambridge, O. Hosted by Google THE IRON AGE. 16 IHCOBPOBATED The First to make Boiler Plates in America. Ohoi. Button, PrefU A. F. Sutton, VUo-Prett, 0. X>. Hutton, Qent, Mgr, BobU B, Balmet, It., Sect, Jot. HumiDton, Treat. STEEL AND IRON PLATES, ALSO SHEETS TO BXTRBMB DIlllBlfSIOKS, WIDTHS UP TO 10 FEET. THICKBESS, No. GAUGE TO INCHES. TO BXTRBDIB DIHENSIONS. WORKS: OoSE^tOHITT-lUo, PJ WIDTHS UP TO 10 FEET. THICKNESS, No. liJ GAUGE TO 1^ INCHEl -isio.- NEW YORK OFFICE: PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: N'o. 130 OS tO 04 Bullitt Bld-Sp. FRANK SAMUEL, 186-138 So. 4th St.. Philadelphia. LOW PHOSPHORUS PIC I PON— *03 or under. SClR AP— >03 or .05 or under. OPE— For O. H. and Furnace Uie. MELTING BAR- Open Hearth and Bessemer Billets, ^elp, Muck Bars and Scrap, Foun¬ dry and Bessemer Pig Iron. Syracuse Tube Co.’s Tubes and Pipe. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut St., Philadelphia, MANCTAOTUBB AltL THEIB PBODT70TS BOTH IN WROrGBT IRON AND OPEN HEARTH STEEE. Beams, Channels, Deck Beams, Angles, Tee-bars, Zee-bars and other shapes. Round, Flat and Square BARS of all sisee,. Especially adapted for Bridge and Ship Builders, Fire-proof Buildings, Shafting and all Structural Purposes. Specialties, In Wrought Iron or Steel:—Phoenix Columns and Upset Eye-Bars of all sizes. Roof Trusses, Girders, Joists and Built-up Shapes of every description. AOBNTB ^-El>WABl> COEKIKO ft Co., 29 'Broadway, NEW YORE ; Edward Corkiro ft Co., 70 EUby St.. BOSTON, MASS; Jamss B. Btokbs, 1S2 Markat St., SAN FRANCISCO. WESTERN OFFICE: A. C. Stite 8, 931 The Rookery, CHICAGO. POTTSVILLE IRON AND STEEL CO, Pottsville, Pa, PHILADELPHIA OFFICEp 226 SOUTH 4th STREET HANUFAOTURBBS OW ALL K1ND0 OF STRUCTURAL IRON AND STEEL, viz,, I Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Tees, Angles, Plates and Bars; and also Open Hearth Steel Billets, Blooms and Slabs. BREWERY, HALT AND ICE HOUSE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY. I>esig'ners and. Oonstmictors ol 'R.ools, 'I'misses, 00111x1111.8, See.. TESTED CHAINS. BRADLEE & CO., - EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, BeHclk Hiid Otis Stireetsi, iPHILAP'RT.diPHI A, Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings, “ D, B. G.” Special Crane Chain. Steel and iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. BARCLAY W. COTTON & CO., Buccessom to ESHERICE, COTTON ft CO., Iron and Steel Merchants. AGENTS FOR IMERICtN WIRE GltSS MFG. CO. 418 Walnut St., PHIL A. MIFFUN WHEELER. G. W. NIC0LL8. Nicolls, Wheeler & Co., FORMERLY SITES, WHEELER ft CO., 216 Soutli Tliird St., PHiladelpliia, Pa -DEALERS IN- IRON AND STEEL SCRAP. Pig Iron, Muck Bars, Charcoal Blooms. &c.,&c. Steel and Iron Plates. New and Old Rails. 8. T, WELLHAN, President. J. H. ROOP, Treasurer. C. H. WELLMAN, Superintendent & H. CHAXTVENBT, Vice-President. RICHARD PETERS, Jr., Secretary. WELLMAN IRON AND STEEL CO. -MANUFACTURERS OF- Highest Grade Open Hearth Low Phosphorus Steel Fire Box and Boiler Plate. Bessemer Steel Ship and Tank Plate. Open Hearth and Bessemer Blooms and Slabs. Low Phosphorus Pig Iron. -PLATES UP TO 126 INCHES IN WIDTH.^—--- General Office and Works, Thurlow, Delaware County, Pa. Cbloago, Ills., No. 656 “ The Rookery.” New York, N. Y., No. 7 Nassau Street^ B. W. CRAMER, Agent. J. H. BELCHER, Agent. EDWARD CORNING i MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. -“.“-■S- IRON *"■> STEEL 29 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. & CO. 421 CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. OUR OFFICES AND MILLS ARE CONNECTED BY TELEPHONES. Hosted by BARS, BANDS, HOOPS, BOLTS. NUTS, RIVETS, ^ ROOF TRUSSES. 70 KILBY ST.j BOSTON. Google THB IRON AG£. EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT 2S2 S. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron, Old Ralls, Sorap. Aesirr fob the MOUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, Eastern Penna,, West New Jersey and Delaware. Aijeiit TRENTON IRON OO., For the Sale of Wire and Wire Rope. Longdate (Va.) and other Pig Irons, SroRAeB Yard, Pier No. 67 South (old Navy Yard), which Is connected with Penn. R. B. and its various eonnections. N^otlable Warehouse Receipts issued. ^ABH ADVANCES HADE ON IRON. ESTABLISHED 1869. | JEROME EEELEY & CO., 303 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Fonndryl Forge Pig Irons, Iron Ores, Coke, Coal, Steel Blooms, Billets, Ralls, etc. Muck Bars, Blooms, Scrap Iron. Consulting Engineers in Metallurgy and Mining. JUSTICE COX. JR. 218 South 4th St., Phiia., Pa. IRON and STEEL. -AGENT EOR- Haldeman, Grubb & Co*s. Chickies Bessemer Pig Iron. Mahoning Rolling Mill Co.’s Best Quality Skelp Iron and Steel Pulaski Iron Co.’s ^ High Grade Foundry and Forge Pig Iron. Hainsworth Steel Co.’s Standard Bessemer Steel Billets. Bars, Angles, Sheets, Tank. and Bridge Plates, Muck Bars, Bloonas, Scrap Iron and Tool Steel. PILLING J. W. HOFFMAN & CO.. Bullitt Building, 135 So. 4th St., Philad’a, Iron and Steel Merchants. PIG IRON, Iron and Steel Plates, Sheets, Bars and Shapes. Raila,! Cars and Locomotives. Track Equipment. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. JOHN L. HOGAN & CO., IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bullitt Building, 135 South Fourth St., Phiia. Agents for Brier Hill, Lehigh, Strothers AND MUIRKIRK. PIG IRON, Delaware RoIUm Mill, muck bars. Youngstown Steel Co., Connellsville Coke. W. H. THOMSON & CO.. Dealers in IRON and STEEL and other METALS FOR ALL PURPOSES, Room 259, Bullitt Building, PniLAnPLPlllA, PA. B. Houston. J. Max Bernard. H. H. Houston. C. B. HOUSTON & CO., Bullitt Building. PHIL ABEiLPmAt Fig Iron, Coal, Coke, Steel Rails, Structural Iron, Steel Castings and Fire Brick. Sole Agents fer PAXTON ROLLINO MILLS. STEEL AND IRON PLATES PRANCIS WISXER, COMMISSION MERCHANT, COKE, COAL, ORES. Natlenal Feundry Coke a Specialty. Sulphur less than 0.5. All sizes National Crushed Joke. .Bullitt Bulldingt PHILADELPHIA W. 8. PILLING. - TiL ORAllM PILL ING^°—CR ANE. IRON ORES: Lake Superior, Foreign, Concentrates, Magnetic and native Self-fluxing. PIG IRON : Low Phosphorus, Open-hearth, Bessemer and other grades. STEEL : In Blooms, Slabs and Billets, and scrap. COKE: For Fur nace and Foundry u se. BULLITT BUILDING, 141 S. FOURTH ST., PHILADELPHIA. ALAN WOOD COMPANY, UANUFAOTURBRS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Ohareoal Bleezii PX.4.A.THS cA3 SXXHSH8T XPLON*. ALSO LIGHT PLATBS AND SHSBTS OF STEEL, No. 519 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Fa. iTders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack Tank and Boat Iron: Last, Stamping, Ferrule, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. CUMBERLAND NAIU AND IRON CO., MANUFACTURERS OF “ Guniherlttiid ” \ Irouglit Iroii Pipe, 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. J. MOHR, Bullitt Building, No. 131 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. -SOLE AGENT FOE- Sheridan, Temple, Brooke, Leesport, Mill Creek, Keystone, Mt. Laurel, Logan and Oley FOUN¬ DRY, FORGE, CHARCOAL ANu BESSEMER PIG IRON. IDealer in Scrap, Old Car Wheels, Muck Bars and Connellsville Coke. High Grade Tested Chains. McKLA-Y Ac OO., 29TH A LIBERTY STREETS, PITTSBURGH, PA Vlanufacturers of Coil, Crane and Stud Chain. We also manufacture High Grade Steel Chain made of Basic Steel and Special Crane Chain made of U. S. &on. O. L.I3Sr3DS-A.Y Sc OO. BULLITT BUILDING, 133 South Fourth St., PHILA. ' IRON and STEEL STRUCTURAL MATERIAL For all purposes. Estimates Furnished for Iron and Steel Structures. DTorgeO MERRILL BROS.! 465 to 471 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, E.D.,N. T FXO'SSSXIhCOTSrS dl3 00 ,, COLD SHAFTING CLEVELAND, OHIO. IRON DRAWN STEEL NORTH BROTHERS WIFO. CO., ^ j Irnn unH Rrucc FniinHorc wilson & co., null CHIU DiClOO rUUIIUClQ, 229 and »24 south mirdSt., Philadelphia Light Castings a Specialty, brokers and dealers m N. W. Cor. 28 d and Race Streets. IRQN AND STEEL. PHILADELPHIA. Oorrespondenoe solicited. Correspondence solicited. Hosted by Google 17 __ THE IRON AGB. Francis Hobson, Seaman « Co., Successors to FRANCIS HOBSON & SON, DON STEEL WORKS, SHEFFIELD, Sole Manafaotiirers of HOBSON'S “CHOICE" Extra Best and “Warranted Best” Cast Steels for Tools, etc. SOBSOlV'tS “CJHOrCE” Esitra. Quallev Needle Wire. SEAMAN'S NELSON ” Brand Extra Cast Steel for Turning Hardest Chilled Rolls, Ac. WAREHOUSE, 97 John St., New York. CHAS, HUGILL, Agent. THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LIMITED, SHEFFIELD. ORUO IBLE! OAST S TEEL. ABBOXX, "WMBBLOCK & CO.. Agents and Importers of SWEDISH IRON, 8S OLIVER ST., BO ST OIV. _ aS CLIFF NEW YORK. Si & Cl WARDLOWp Sheffield, encland. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Cast and Double Shear Steel, In Bars, Sheets and Coils, for fine Pen and Pocket Cutlery, Razors, Carvers, Butchers* Knives, Files, Band Saws, Clock, Watch and all other Springs ; also Sole Makers of the Special Brand ai St^el for Leather Splitting and Machine Knives of every description, and for Turning and I w \A il all other Tools, Dies and Punches. Office and Warehouse, 95 John St. New York. _ Frank S. Pilditch, Agent. OUSTAK LUNDBERG Agent for N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO. of Stockholm. Swedish and Norway Iron. Besserxier etrid. Open XXea.rtli Steel. 19 KIIiBT STREET, BOSTON. CARLISLE lBLArSr&:ni:FL, SST^Z^XSON' efs OO., SHEFFIELD. WORKS. liate WlliSON HAWKSWORTH, ElililSON & CO., ENGLAND o - * (ESTABLISHED 1825.) CRUCIBLE STEEL AND STEEL WIRE. WETHERELL BROS., Agents. 31 OUVEB STREET, BOSTON. 93 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. JONkS & COLVER CONTINENTAL STEEL WORKS. SHEFFIELD. ENGLAND, MANTTFACTUKHaRS OF AXi KINDS OF STEEL. Tool Steel, Drill Rods, Needle Wire, Hot Rolled Sheet Steel, Cold Rolled Steel for Cor¬ set Springs, Band Saws, Clock and Watch Springs and Parts, and all other Purposes. HERMANN BOKER & CO., 101 & 103 Duane Street, (Formerly €AR1« F. BOKFR), Sole Agents and Importers of Steel and Crucible Wire Rods, &c. MANOFAOTUBED BY _2L Best Quality, K Bars, Sheets ic^ Plates. Large assortment of sixes in stoi^ at 91 John St. .... new YORK, And other Agencies. WM. JE880P a SONS, L’D. I Gold Medal Parli. WIRE WOBTI.ES, FI.ATES and JEWEE DIES. DRAWING DIES NEWTON & SHIPMAN. 83 John St., - New Yorki Hosted by Google 18 THE IRON AGE. 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THE IRON-FODNDER A COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE ON THE ART OF MOLDING, dO OO.. Swedish Norway) iroH and Steel, BLOOMS, BILLETS, BARS; WIRE, RIVET AND NAIL RODS. FOREIGN ^ DOMESTIC IRON STEEL. _ I Broadway, New York. 8 Oliver Street, Boston. INCLUDING CHAPTERS ON CORE-MAKING; LOAM, DRY-SAND, AND GREEN SAND MOLDING; ALSO CRYSTALLIZATION. SHRINKAGE,: AND CONTRACTION OF CAST IRON, AND A FULL EXPLANATION OF THE SCIENCE OF PRESSURES IN MOLDS; ADDED TO WHICH ARE FORMULAS FOR MIXTURES OF IRON, TABLES. RULES AND MISCELLANEOUS INFOR¬ MATION. BY SIMPSON HOLLAND, Practical Molder and Manager of Foundries Illustrated with over Three Hundred Engravings. 1 2mo, Cloth, $2.50. Will he sent free on receipt of tlie price. “Among the many recent additions to technical literature, we know of none of more practical value than The Iron Founder. There are thousands of men in our foundries who will be greatly benefited by its 382 pages of interesting and valuable information.’^27i€ Age of Steel. 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