Welding

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Test and cost data must be taken with a grain of salt. The test data have been compiled from various sources. Those tests given for iron are standard and cannot be questioned. Those tests given for the special processes are more recent and in most cases have been made by interested parties. They are no doubt accurate, but at present the special processes cannot be so well represented by test data, as by the actual work they turn out. The same may be said Of cost data. The prospective purchaser Of welding machinery must figure the cost of his apparatus plus the cost of labor and the depreciation. But above all, he must satisfy himself that the apparatus he chooses is the best for his kind of welding.