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Title: Descriptive Pamphlet of the Richmond Mill Furnishing Works

Author: Richmond Mill Furnishing Works


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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLET OF THE RICHMOND MILL FURNISHING WORKS ***

DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLET
OF THE
R I C H M O N D
Mill Furnishing Works.

ALL SIZES OF
Mill Stones and Complete Grinding and Bolting
Combined Husk or Portable

FLOURING MILLS,

Portable Corn and Feed Mills; Smut and Separating
Machines; Zigzag and Oat Separators, Dustless Separators,
Warehouse Separators, Water Wheels;
Mill Shafting; Pulleys; Spur and Bevel, Iron
and Core, Gearing.
AND
Bolting Cloth: Flour, Meal, Buckwheat and Rye Bolts.
Complete in Chests; Plantation and Farm Mills;
Screen Wire; Perforated Zinc; English Steel Mill
Picks; Elevator Cups; All kinds of Belting;
Hoisting Screws; Proof Staffs, &c.

NORDYKE, MARMON & CO., RICHMOND, IND.
Factory and Office two Blocks South of Railroad Bridge.

RICHMOND, IND.
TELEGRAM STEAM PRINTING COMPANY.
1872.

COPYRIGHT SECURED.
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1872, by Nordyke, Marmon &
Co., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CONTENTS.

Introductory5
Mill Stones8
Building and Balancing Stones9
Standing and Running Balance9
Bolting Cloth13
Under-Runner Mills14
Under-Runner Geared Mills16
Upper-Runner Mills17
Pulley Mills18
Attaching and Driving18
Geared Mills19
Single Reel Bolt, complete21
Portable Mill and Bolt22
Complete Portable Grinding and Belting Flour Mills24
Combined Mill Husk31
Double Reel Bolts35
Grinding and Flouring, and Capacity35
Keeping in Order37
Directions for Ordering39
Setting up and Starting40
Smut and Separating Machines41
Ordering Smut and Separating Machines44
Dustless Oat Separator and Zigzag45
Flour Packers47
Bran Dusters49
Farm and Plantation Mills52
Corn and Cob Crusher, and Grinder54
Corn Shellers55
Hominy Mills58
Scales60
Weight of various Products64
Contents of a Hopper, how to find65
Contents of a Bin, how to find65
Shafting, Hangers and Boxing66
Rules to find Speed of Pulleys and Gearing70
Weight of Round or Square Iron71
Weight of Sheet Iron71
Spring Coupling and Driver72
Gearing73
Spur Geared Mills74
Cogs74
Water Power75
Measurement of Water in a Stream75
Steam Engines77
Self-Tramming Mill Irons78
Oil Bush81
Mill Bushes82
Lighter Screws and Hand Wheels84
Lighter Levers85
Mill Steps85
Mill Curbs or Hoops86
Silent Feeders87
Proof-Staffs88
Red-Staffs89
Mill-Picks89
Hoisting Screws, Bales and Pins92
Damsels92
Elevators94
Elevator Cups and Fastenings95
Bag Trucks96
Conveyor Flights96
Belting97
Buckwheat Bolts97
Meal Bolts97
Perforated Zinc and Iron Plates97
Screen Wire97
Duster Wire98
Prices, Terms, and Weights98
Testimonials99
References115
Table of Logs, reduced to Board Measure118