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| Title | Modern Plumbing #10 |
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| Publisher | J. L. Mott Iron Works |
| Date | 1921 |
| Description | A 50-page booklet published in 1921 called “Modern Plumbing, Number Ten” by The J. L. Mott Iron Works based out of Trenton, New Jersey. Contents are abridged and include the manufacturing process and examples on different designs for bathroom, bath, lavatory, water closets, kitchen sinks. |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | TH6122 .J16 1921 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b2791382~S3 |
| Digital Collection | Architecture Retail Catalog Collection |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/aapamphlets |
| Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
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| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Process of enameling the cast iron bath |
| Description | An outline of the enameling process. |
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| Transcript | Mott Modern Plumbing Process of Enameling the Cast-iron Bath After the bath is cast, the enamel is applied. The hath is then placed in an enameling oven where it is subjected to about 1800 degrees (Fahrenheit) of heat H/NAMELED iron or porcelain enameled iron as it is usually called, is, as the name implies, iron castings which have been enameled. The sink, lavatory or bathtub as the case may be is first cast in iron, which is then ground smooth and a sizing coat applied, after which it is placed in an enameling oven, where it is heated until it turns a cherry red in color. It is then removed and the enamel applied, after which it is again returned to the oven where the enamel is allowed to bake. This operation is repeated several times until a smooth heavy coat of enamel has been applied. The fixture is then removed and permitted to cool. The bathtub has always been the most successful enameled iron fixture, when compared with lavatories and sinks, because it is not subjected to the same continuous hard usage. For this reason it is less likely to be stained or chipped. Enameled iron, however, is in no way comparable to solid imperial porcelain or vitreous china ware as the enameled surface is more porous and cannot be made as hard as the glaze applied to earthenware. For this reason it is considerably more difficult to keep clean, requiring constant cleansing after use. Manufacturing as we do both earthenware and enameled iron fixtures of which, by the way we are the oldest makers, it is not our object to condemn the use of enameled iron in connection with sanitary fixtures, but to point out its relative value as compared with earthenware. |