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Title: Bell casting
Original Title: Fonte des cloches
Volume and Page: Plates vol. 5 (1765)
Author: Unknown
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Citation (MLA): "Bell casting." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.494>. Trans. of "Fonte des cloches," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 5 (plates). Paris, 1765.
Citation (Chicago): "Bell casting." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.494 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Fonte des cloches," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 5 (plates) (Paris, 1765).

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Containing Eight Plates, Including One Double One.

Plate I: Bell Casting, Patterns and Diapasons


Plate II: Bell Casting, Manufacture of Molds


Plate III: Bell Casting, Different Steps in the Manufacture of Molds


Plate IV: Bell Casting, Plan and Elevation of the Furnace


Plate V: Bell Casting, Longitudinal and Transversal Views of the Furnace


Plate VI: Bell Casting, Operation of Casting


Plate VII: Bell Casting, Bell Suspension and Longitudinal Cut of the Belfry


Plate VIII: Bell Casting, Transversal View, and Plans of the Belfry