New-York tribune., 1884-12-28
THE PROCESS or MAKING SHOT.

now TiiE GLOBULEs ARE FORMED ~ fuEih FALL
TiinOUdH fuE rOwEn, AND TUEN ASSORTED
Every person who has walked about the lower
partof this city must have noticed high, r0iDd tower,
high the roadway of tho bridge, whoh roar' tself
high above tho surrounding building, aud has small win
dowa at different places. 1hs tower II IN CeDtrost'
near worthst aud belongs ID tho C0lwoll Load Com
pnny Theirs ara several ~ tbeso towers In ths city
They places bult especially for tho on'ng and man
ufncturc of shot Tho tower rsos 10 height Of 10 feet
and Il nfty feet In diameter NJ the base. 10 dmlnshcs
In diameter u ascond being about thirty feet across
ut the top. n divided into several stories. circular
stairway made of iron. extends TO the summit giving
access to tho several stories Urcat height IA ea-snn
for casng. tho load must cool In tho descent, and
thus spherical shape. II hot, It would natcn
when n strikes the water Into which II falls.
The lifst mothod IL making what II called temper"
Thsis mixture Of arsenic and lead The mixture II
melted In largo kettles and IA constantly Skinned aud
stirred It Is cast in bars the same "A lead When the
tcmpcr3 made It IL carried to the top floor where there
arc kettles and furnace for melting It, Tho temper Il
mi yed with the lead IA purc lead would various
shapes In casnQ but when mixed with the temper In
the proportion three OF lead TO ono ton OF temper
II takes the shape Of gobcs when II is cast
The casting pans large colanders round pans with
holes perforated In the bottom The casting is all done
on the TOP oor and the coardcr IL suspended over tn
opening In the ioor which goes through the entire height
~ ths bniing the ground whcre thctc "A we'll OF
water The head Ia melted IN large Kettles and IA dipped
ot aud poured into the ccriihct with lales Witch nave
Tong handles n 00zra through the h0lea m the hot
Ism ~ the eoianirt nnh falls through the brrt-
ie t8 the FHhi 'iobt hto he wti th6 shot is takth
oa " the .e bt afa hnahe'a ftstthri td ~ ttess
heit whth fNa Btet Nhee whrN eattts sta'i the
weii Np ~ gNT hBt Neia sae iitie he ahgt "a eGi-
saNtit aiisfe We eN wiN HIS fahs ANi tNf htHt ta
hll ii9ppa H NNait, aNh w eNbt ASST hrb'',s si
lis Iaknn fgNn the dnmG ahlen W lhe isereeners
anle9 ~ IAnlrs MIN uAsrNw rppNlNfa ht.WNN' ihsNl
lhN iahlps helng aGt ~ y asnt angie lhe slpl 70
akipping lh nurnnss, untii " aehrl hpA ~ ln ~
rehip eud, nln whiuh y falls: u u Is lmlelegt " ga.
not roll last anh falls into The openings under Wh'ph
bOAes arc plaeei. ,,., - .
Ihe shot then goes 10 tho "separat0Isn which are .
series O drawers not unlike bureau, when rocks baNh
ward aud forward by machinery. Tho shot u poured
into the upper drawer, which has an iron hollum per
forated with holes ~ certain sLo, The second drawer
has holes OF "A smaller size and down To the lowest
holes of Size smaller than those IN the drawer above IT,
The back war and forward motion throws the shot from
side 10 side. letting all the shot the size 0f the hocs or
smaller pass through into the second drawer Whc AL
larger than the holes remain In the drawer 1he same Is
down to the lowest drawer that each drawer
contains smaller size OF shot than the one Immediately
above IL.
The process Is "polishing The shot Is put ia 20
irregular shaped iron boxes which continually reyolVe
When the box IL nearly ful powdered black eah - put
n The irregular motion Of the box throws The shot from
side the black lead Is ground Into 1t that 1t
cannot be rubbed of And 1t Is this that gives IL the
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