College Readings in English ProseFrank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin |
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... Rivets are carried to the job by the rivet boy , a riveter's apprentice whose ambition it is to replace one of the members of the gang- which one , he leaves to luck . The rivets are dumped into a keg be- side a small coke furnace . The ...
... Rivets are carried to the job by the rivet boy , a riveter's apprentice whose ambition it is to replace one of the members of the gang- which one , he leaves to luck . The rivets are dumped into a keg be- side a small coke furnace . The ...
Page 44
... rivet is needed , he whirls the furnace blower until the coke is white - hot , picks up a rivet with his tongs , and drives it into the coals . His skill as a heater appears in his knowledge of the exact time necessary to heat the steel ...
... rivet is needed , he whirls the furnace blower until the coke is white - hot , picks up a rivet with his tongs , and drives it into the coals . His skill as a heater appears in his knowledge of the exact time necessary to heat the steel ...
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... rivet is in place , the bucker - up braces him- self with his dolly bar , a short heavy bar of steel , against the capped end of the rivet . On outside wall work he is sometimes obliged to hold on by one elbow with his weight out over ...
... rivet is in place , the bucker - up braces him- self with his dolly bar , a short heavy bar of steel , against the capped end of the rivet . On outside wall work he is sometimes obliged to hold on by one elbow with his weight out over ...
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