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Subject: Re: [O-W] 'Chilled Plough'
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 09:48:04 +0100 (GMT+01:00)


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Hi Mikey,

OED says:

"v.t. Cool and harden (molten metal) by contact with cold metal "

Roy

-----Original Message-----
>From : Mikey <>
To :
Date : 04 May 2001 22:22:22
Subject : Re: [O-W] 'Chilled Plough'
Dear Roy,
>
>Here we possibly have a complete Plough where all the components
>were made from Iron and not just the Tip or Share.
>
>I dont understand 'what you mean' by metal with metal in your
>last Para, you havnt given the quote so I cant follow what you are
>not understanding.
>
>If, & this is an educated guess, it go's that he was chilling pc's
>of Iron with Iron to me it would indicate that he had created a process
>where numerous pc's were chilled at the same time, not one after another,
>but still in the normal manner by immersion in water; ie Commercial
>Production, and not literally cooling metal, with metal itself.
>
>This is once again an example where it is best to quote it initially in full
>to enable us to see the context.
>
>Regards,
>
>Mikey.
>Spectemur Agendo.
>
>
>
>> Mikey,
>>
>> As requested.
>>
>> ?Stating on the very lowest rung of the ladder, James Oliver eventually
>perfected the
>> chilled plough that bears his name, and his works at South Bend, Indiana,
>covering
>> some seventy-five acres, are capable of turning out half a million ploughs
>per year.?
>>
>> James Oliver was born 28th August, 1823 in, you guessed it, Liddesdale;
>the son of a
>> shepherd.
>>
>> I have sympathy with what has already been said on the subject but my
>problem is that
>> on my definition ?chilling? metal is a process which involves cooling
>metal with metal
>> and I can?t fathom out how that could work.
>>
>> Thanks to all for the help so far.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Roy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From : Mikey <>
>> To :
>> Date : 02 May 2001 14:28:41
>> Subject : Re: [O-W] 'Chilled Plough'
>> Dear Roy,
>> >
>> >Can you kindly post the sentence or part of the
>> >list it appears in to enable us to see the context
>> >please? Any date also as a guide please.
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >
>> >Mikey.
>> >Spectemur Agendo.
>> >
>> >
>>
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