Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-12-15
C0v.rECrrcUr EyvDUsTRrRs.
THE MERrDEN BRITANNIA ooMPASY's
works.


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THE MEhiDhN bhllhNNiA OoMfANfS
"ohhS'
To the revival Of artistic taste which took place In
Europe in the latter part Of the fifteenth century we
owe, partially at least the elegance Of our table ware,
and TO he discovery Of the application Of electro-me-
taurgy a a means Of coating base metal with
precious one VIC owe the advantages Of the general
diffusion Of table articles Of elegance and taste Al
orochs Durer Of Nuremours' ifl-lS2S' brought the
sr'oi ens'sVns on ,"sn " n,su w $500, VI " %.
,s'.'' 80. s-,' 200 ,s,n ,r,s,-,',,, -
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was e'penueu On 'ao 'O"u go, uo' e.'N -is
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na op"'i Vi s'0o''V' INC oone'i" uses over oO'oVo
~ ss1., '-o''OVo WIZ" 'ea'y VI ".A '"''i'
Wv "oi'H y, puie Ne' s''VVV " Puio CIV
800 'Oi'n =. Ao.u' .Ol p~''-e' D..iu' ' r
y. ~" - ~ ~ f' IN
az ooo 900
g., - 80 ~ 80, 80 y, p -,
being cu BIZ two s,reeta into four dyisons The main
building has length Of seven hundred feet. From
these few statistics some idea may be gained Of the i'm
al this m
THE DRIVING POWER.
r,, H.. ,,ro .,,o,..
| -, =, =. $40 -. -. -, . ,,,,a. .,,,
| brn, hv w,u,.r, , u.rr,. prov,1onoo n and ono
| from, Tho p.c,ss worls pr,ds,nor, s,o,r, 10 INV
r,sb.d bv w e,v ho,oo ho,,ors h,, h, pLt, Nv tn
ers Hartford and having the Rerrvman low vater do
| tector attachment aIao n Hartford manufacture Adj
oining IN. engine room Ia powerfl double cvIiuder
| wo-,,ira,on ,orco ,urnn Witch nj, Arc .hout two
was ono ,he prncipai means of saving the
worts Tho railroad donot. ana other buidings from
total dss,rnc,ion Tho conco,p has I'm addition IN
this e,ns of socpritv from are four inch nine with
opeutpqs on every floor for the attachment of hose.
| which RIM. I'm ,brou,b every door and reaches TIE
highest deck Of the main tower three stories above the
roof Of the buildings On each story ia 2to feet Of
hose. the whole amount used in the establishmen Mt
being 900 feet The head of water from the Meriden
ater works Ia $50 feet gauped from the depot and IL
will be seen that the company has ample means ia
ouench fire in its incipiency. OF the immense poy
or Furnished by theseeuanes seyentyhve horse pow.
ter 1. demanded by the three sets Of rolls. which re-
duce tho metal n ia proper g,uoe when they are a,
I'm operation.
THE METALLIC BASE.
-,.,
i"e "aSo Vi 'no var H'AnuiA''uieu u eonposi'ioi
"0" s.o "''" O'''e"n@ =, i"-pPn'"o'' i"u'eu
'N' ''''' % ''0 ''"'p-"'' ".'''HHin u
40 "''.e O'i'AHn'a 'n''A' .
u.eu US e'i"po,' % '"' "N'iou' A"u 'oPp.i
wan eo"poaon .'"'u u'nns ne'"'
VI, go u "iou ie''' WIN ou' man 'i. oe'n
Daoo'', VINO mas charge oi 'he preparation Oh 'ne me
"'' ine ui''''ei' Vi '"'' ooinpo'i'ioh was 'ne TO
SUIT Oh many years experiments. "heh cast INTO pig
ana broken inc fracture resembles somewhat that o.
an'n'ony' UT rA'ner enronie ron' except 'na' IL ma
NJ INTENSE ri"ery i"ste' IL is aoou' " ori'''e Al
sAss. "hen uni'eu WIN tue o'ner inereueh'S 'n
i''u'an' lea. oeA' WY s'ose iese"o'"n'e W eii
'f mt o'o'''' ""' oee" van 'ue 'on'.'H Aoou
"euS 'eAfe' ""u on MS 'o"Po'i'ion anu manage
men' Oh the Preparsuoh Oh 'he metals mucn Oh IN
unuehnoie superiori'y Oh 'neir sooos uepehds' In
"eA' uu''',e "",'o nii"' ei'e''' winnie isia' VII
no' eA'"' ue"' vi oonu' anu ye' eau NC ''ruoA up
'pu"' .u'"eu, o"s'"'eu anu ouiniSneu as reSuiiy
pu'f sn'er nn Po.uh"'' AaAp'eu 70 pAuhe' in
|
'H' 'u'p'e'u P'PuN' y, 'Hen soous AH'e
no Tess 'nan seven aineren' quai.ies Oh TINS tet'
tons Of the work. as casting dropping spinning etc
and To tho different parts OF the articles.
CASTING AND ROLLING.
The metals, properly mixed are cas-, into mould
formina pigs like those Of tin but 10 prepare the me
tai for rolling It is cast into plates about eight b.
twelve inches and three quarters of an inch thick
These plates are thon passed through powerful roll
and reduced to the required gauge Of thickness &C
cordinr 10 the article which they are to form one
thcse plates under this rolling process expanding to
auperdces of two by six feet or twentyfour by seven
ty-tvo inches These plates are then trimmed by cir
uar shears TO the required .ze and shape for the in
tended article and then pa,s TO the drop or the at
| IN bo strrck nm mr. spun. The banales knobs orns
mania ate in r,e,al rooulds MANI Of The cast
,nus being hollow. The hollow is formed simply b
tbe suddon chill N, the noula hardening the outsid
hu. ,,. ,,esd ,p,erior ia noured bacs into the nc
| =, n,a,.l Tho work IA varv ran,alv nerf,rmea. A
the moulds arc Of metal, either iron OF brass, an
some Of them consist Of six or eight pieces The Pre-
gress Of the concern shown In the fact that twent
years ago pair OF rolls eight by eighteen inenes ru
ming two hours day, IVES suhieient Tor the require
mcns of the business. Subsequently pair twelve
twenty-eight inches were added, running four houi
IL. 80.