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They stood heavy and threatening, full of an incessant turmoil of flames and seething molten iron, and about the feet of them rattled the rolling-mills, and the steam hammer beat heavily and splashed the white iron sparks hither and thither.
The Door in the Wall, and other stories Herbert George 2006
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They went and stood behind the puddlers for a little while, and then through the rolling-mills, where amidst an incessant din the deliberate steam-hammer beat the juice out of the succulent iron, and black, half-naked Titans rushed the plastic bars, like hot sealing-wax, between the wheels.
The Door in the Wall, and other stories Herbert George 2006
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And then there were the rolling-mills, and the little firms — they all had weekly contributions to the hospital.
Ruined City Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951
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There was a lot of talk that Lord Cheriton was trying to open up the rolling-mills again.
Ruined City Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951
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Such optimists -- equally at fault as were their pessimistic opponents -- pointed proudly to the powder-mills, blast-furnaces, foundries and rolling-mills, springing up on every hand.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon
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Before the close of the war, the only two rolling-mills in the
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon
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There are also rolling-mills, cotton and tobacco factories; the latter of course in great quantities, as tobacco is one of the chief products of the state, and rapidly increasing.
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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As he approaches these structures, he will notice many plates of superior iron from the rolling-mills of Baltimore, combining the toughness and strength and other excellences of the best Pennsylvania iron; he will notice, too, immense ribs and beams of iron, and hear the incessant din of hammers riveting the sides and boilers.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 Various
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There are eight large copper smelting establishments, besides several rolling-mills, now at work; the whole country is covered with tram-roads and coal-pits, many of which vomit forth their mineral treasures close to the road side.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 469, January 1, 1831 Various
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In that subclass would also fall all "Mills," such as for rolling spiral conveyer-flights, the same not falling under any of the subclasses 32-40, no miscellaneous subclass of "Mills" and no special article-rolling subclass having been provided; also all parts or accessories, such as a water-cooled screen, peculiarly adapted to rolling-mills, there being no existing subclass of screens therein and no miscellaneous subclass of parts.
The Classification of Patents United States Patent Office
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