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Roman Bronze Works, now operated as Roman Bronze Studios, is a bronze foundry in New York City.Established in 1897 by Riccardo Bertelli, it was the first American foundry to specialize in the lost-wax casting method, [1] and was the country's pre-eminent art foundry during the American Renaissance (ca. 1876–1917).
Metal casting history and development can be traced back to Southern Asia (China, India, Pakistan, etc). [3] Southern Asia traditions and religions relied heavily on statue and relic castings. [4] These items were frequently made from a copper alloy laced with lead. [5]
A stereotype mold ("flong") being made Stereotype casting room of the Seattle Daily Times, c. 1900. In printing, a stereotype, [note 1] stereoplate or simply a stereo, is a solid plate of type metal, cast from a papier-mâché or plaster mould taken from the surface of a forme of type.
The next year, he invented an improved plow, and a cultivator, which was said to have been the first to be put into practical operation in this country. He also made mechanical improvements on threshing machines and grist mills. [4] He moved to Troy in 1822, and worked as superintendent of the Troy Iron and Nail Factory.
The most famous example is the United States Capitol dome, built 1855–66 and made entirely of cast iron. The dome was designed by the architect Thomas Ustick Walter, and fabricated by the New York iron foundry, Janes, Fowler, Kirtland & Co. The dome consists of nearly 9 million pounds of cast iron.
Massena Castings Plant (also known as the Central Foundry Division) [1] was a General Motors aluminium casting foundry located in Massena, New York.The plant utilized the die casting and lost-foam casting processes, operating from 1959 to May 2009.
Lost-wax casting is known as rÅgata in Japanese, and dates back to the Yayoi period, c. 200 BC. [16] The most famous piece made by cire perdue is the bronze image of Buddha in the temple of the Todaiji monastery at Nara. [16] It was made in sections between 743 and 749, allegedly using seven tons of wax. [16]
Backstage (the company) was founded by Allen Zwerdling and Ira Eaker in New York City in December 1960 as a weekly tabloid-sized newspaper called Back Stage. [1] Zwerdling and Eaker had worked together for years as editor and advertising director, respectively, of the Show Business casting newspaper, which was founded by Leo Shull as Actor's Cues in 1941.