1000000030

r o u

(

this mml i$ fuok the

f.tr.

,: of thc

ter, hy n,iking

the Ictlcl'ruoch tht

d~pth

01'

¡\ t¡.'r tllIS,

Ihe li,ltI oorl f.tce of the mmice

<rC

junifird. aoo

c1",ed, IVi<h ItltS, of all hunclllogs

tl.al

I>ale beco

madc by

lin~io~

Ihe puor.h.

Then

is Lrought

1')

Ihe

rurn~ce,

"hidt i, huilt up–

rigill of brick '.Vith lour [cluare hties, and a 11.,"< .t !tIp,

io whieh is a hul< fol' the p"n

lIaou

lO.

Prlotiog letlers are made oC IcaJ, IwJ,ned \Vith

iroo or Oub-oails.

'1'0

IItrike the iron ruo, tlwy Ituogle

equal

~'eight

of '011111001',

¡"

ateo

fm.dl

in .n IruO

momr, and lIul>·o"ls

to~ethcr.

They ehuge a

proper numbcr oC e.nhcn pOIS, that

b~ar

Ihe 6re, Wllh

Ihe t\Vo ingtldicms, as lull as they Crin hold, anJ Olell

it 10 ao open furoace. budt fo r tha( purpote.

When It bubblt!, Ihe IrOO i. then IIldtcd, but it e–

"purales very mucho TllIs mehed compon

ladled

into ao iroo-pot, whenio is mellcd ledd, that "fixed

on a furnace clore to the forma,

tú

of meltcd iron

'5 11>

of lcad; Ihis they ineorporale according to

3rt.

The calltr

t~king

tite pan off' the Oooe, anJ h" 'ing

l indled a

gc.oo

fi re, he fets the p.o in dgatO, and mc-

Idl io il to mdl. IC i, hc, rmaIl bodied Imer, or

thin leuer Wlth great bOtlit's, that he inteods tO

call,

his metal mull be vcry hoto and fontetime. red hot, tO

make theImer come. T hen taklng a ladle, of which

he has fe"ml fom, tlm will holJ as mueh

will

ruake the letter and break, h,lays it at the hole IVhere

the flame burns out: then he ties a thio leather, cut

\Vllh its narrol. rnd .gaioO the faee, tO the leather

groove of the matrice, bl'

hippiog a browo tllread

tIViee about the leather grool'e,

~nd

faOening the thread

\Vith a knot. Thcn be pnts both pieees of the mould

together, aod <he matrice into the matrice. eheek; aod

plam the foot of themmice 00 the 0001 of the mould,

aod the broad

eOO

of the leather 00 Ihe wood of the

upper haft of the mould, bUl nor tight up, lell it hio-

der the foot of Ihe mmiee from fioking clofe down

upon the 0001, io

mio of work.

Afler~'ards

lay–

iog a linle rofio 00 the upper pan of the mould, aod

luviog his cafriog.ladle hot, he, witlt the boilling fide,

mehs the rofio, aod pretres the broad eod of the lea:her

hard dowo 00 the wuod, iod fo f.neos it tltereto. Now

he comes to caOiog, \Vheo placlng the uoder halC of

the mould in his lefl hand, wi,h the hook or j'g for–

\Yard, he holds tbe eods of ils wood

uet~'ero

the 10IV-

er pan of the ball of his thumb aod hls three hiod.r

fiogers; theo he lays the upper half of the mould up–

uo the uoder half, fo

,hc male gages m,y fall iOlo

the female; and, at ,he fame time, ,he fuot of the

matlice places itfdf upon the nool. and c1Jfping

hi~

Icft haoJ thumb IIroorly ol'er tI,e upp" half, he oil;luly

catches hold of Ihe bo", or fpring, ",ith Itis liria hdOO

fiogers 2t the tIIp of it, aod his

th~Olb

IIod. r it,

~nd

rlace. the I'0int of it apai oO,I:e middl, of the r.OIeh io

the huk(,de 01 the

matlie~,

rrdr.ng

It for""ds :,s

IVell ICJward, tht mOllld, dSdowo• .uds.

,he IhuIII –

der ufthe nUHh, dufe "1'00 ,he 1I0cl ' , ",hile, al the

f,mt time, ",i,h

I,,~

hi"ckr fingclS, as "furd.lld, I.e

~I ;" VS

the uodor I,.df uf the

lO~uld

101\'""13 ,he

h.dl

,,f

VOL.

11.

;\0

his ,h"OI "

r.oe

! tllI't;OS, by the b.1I of his tllumh, the

uppcr IMIt towards hi, fiogers. tI"t hmh thc regillers

of ,he 010,,101 may prefs dgdioO bOlh fi,les uf the ma–

trice, aod his tl,,""b aod fingcrs pr& bo,h fiJes of the

m'tU Id clofe tngether.

Theo he lakcS the h,odl. nf !tis ¡adle io his right

h~nd,

aod with the h:dl of it gi"es t\\'o

time Orukes

~utward,

"roo the f",f,ee of themelted

",u,I,

clear

of the fcum ; theo he ukes IIp the I.dle full, ,od ho–

ving the mould io the left haod. Htros ¡liS Icfl fide ,

little

Crom

the furnace, aod briogs the gc.t of hi,

I.dle

the momh of his moulcl; and turos the upper

pan of his right haod towards him, to pour the metal

!owit, while,

,he fame i"naot, he pUlSthe mould

IIIS

lefl hand forlV..nls, tOrcceil'e the

m~tal

with a

/lroog nJake, not only into die

ho.li

,.. of the

mo~ld,

but, wilile the metal is )'et hOI, ioto the

, ay

face of

the matl'ice, to rereil'e ils perfeél furm there as lVell

in the fh,ok. Thco he takes the upper half of the

mould oIT, by plariog hi, right thumh 00 the end of

the wood oext h,s left thumb, aod his tlVO middle

fingCls at the other end of the IVolld: he totres the

letter. break aod all, out upoo • fhee l of wafle paper,

I.lid

(lO

a beoeh, .Iiul, heyood his left haod, and then

is ready tOcaO aoother I<uer, as before, and hke\Vife

the \Vhole oumber io that matri:<.

Theo bo)'5, commooly cmployed for Ihis purpofe,

f.pame the breaks from the nJanks, and rub themon

a 1I00e, aod afterwards a mao cuts them al! of ao

eve~

heigllt, which (¡ninleS the fouo t for the ufe of Ihe

primer.

Scc

oext anicle.

A workmao IViIl ordinarily caO

3000

th~f~

lenm

in a day. The perfeélioo of Imers thus can , coofin.

io their being all felCral!y fq uare aod nrRight 00 erery

fide; and all geomlly of the fame height, and evenly

lioed, without floopiog Ooe u'ay or other; oeither too

big io the fOOI, nor the head; wel! grooved, fo as

the tWO extremes of the foot cootaio half the body of

the lemr; 2nd well grouod, barbed, and f"'pped,

with a feofible oc¡tch,

&c.

See PaINTlNG.

fOUNT, or FONT, among prioters, a ret or quantilY of

leuers, and al! the appeoda¡;es heloogiog thereto, as

numera l charaélm,

quadrat~5,

puims,

6e.

c3ft by

leuer.fouodcr, 2nd forred.

FOUNTAIN, io philofoph)', a Cjiring or fouree of u'a–

ter riflog out of the eanh. Amorog ,he aocieou, fouo–

tains

\\'ere

hcld

f..red, and eveo \\'urlhippcJ

a kiod

of d,vlOitics. for the pha:oomeoa, ,heor), aod ori–

gio of fouo tains, fee HV OROSTA TlC'.

f OUSTA IN , or

Artificiol

f Ol'NTA IS, called alfo

ajd

cf cJI/, isa coouivancc

whieh wateris , iolcolly CPOUI-

e" upwards. See HI' DROSTATIC$.

FOURCHE'E, nrFOURCHV, iohmldl'), anapprll.tinn

piven to a crofs forkld at thecllds.

Se<

Platc

LXXK.

fi~.

FOWEY,

aborough-town

óf

Corowall, which f,ods twe

membclS 10

l"'r1i~ment:

\v.

loor.. (, aod N. ldl. 50"

'J(/

1'0117 L,

ameog :ooll'giOs,denotmhe I,,¡;er furts of hirds,

whcther dOlllellic or \\'ild : flleh

G"efe,

rhc~fants,

pOi lriclglS, tnl key, rlucks.

óe.

úT

FOX.