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  • 11Hand mould — A Hand mould is a two part mould used for casting small metal objects that could be operated by hand. In particular, it refers to a system for casting movable type, pioneered by Johannes Gutenberg, which was widely used in the early era of… …

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  • 12Freeze casting — Freeze casting, or freeze gelation is a form of sol gel processing of ceramics that enables a ceramic object to be fabricated in complex shapes, without the need for high temperature sintering.The process is simple, but the science is, as of 2005 …

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  • 13Pattern (casting) — In the process of casting, a pattern is a replica of the object to be cast, used to prepare the cavity into which molten material will be poured during the casting process.Patterns used in sand casting may be made of wood, metal, plastics or… …

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  • 14Centrifugal casting (industrial) — This article is about the large scale industrial process. For the silversmithing process, see Centrifugal casting (silversmithing). Centrifugal casting Centrifugal casting or rotocasting is a casting technique that is typically used to cast thin… …

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  • 15Centrifugal casting (silversmithing) — This article is about Silversmithing. For the industrial process, see Centrifugal casting (industrial). Centrifugal casting in silversmithing is a casting technique where a small mould is poured, then spun on the end of an arm. The centrifugal… …

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  • 16Johannes Gutenberg — Infobox Person | name = Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg other names = caption = birth date = circa 1398 birth place = Mainz, Electorate of Mainz death date = death date|1468|2|3|mf=y death place = Mainz, Electorate of Mainz death… …

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  • 17Virgin and Child with Four Angels (Donatello) — The Virgin and Child with Four Angels, before 1456, Donatello V A Museum no. A.1 1976 …

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  • 18calibre — [16] Calibre, and the related calliper, are of Arabic origin. They come ultimately from Arabic qālib ‘shoemaker’s last, mould’ (there is some dispute over the source of this: some etymologists simply derive it from the Arabic verb qalaba ‘turn,… …

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  • 19ingot — [14] The etymological meaning of ingot is ‘poured in’. It was formed in Middle English from in and an apparent survival of goten, the past participle of Old English geotan ‘pour’. It originally meant ‘mould for casting metal’ (the idea being that …

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  • 20calibre — [16] Calibre, and the related calliper, are of Arabic origin. They come ultimately from Arabic qālib ‘shoemaker’s last, mould’ (there is some dispute over the source of this: some etymologists simply derive it from the Arabic verb qalaba ‘turn,… …

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