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TIE PIopsrties of Cast Steel. The Scientific
American states that a Baltimore mechanic COM
municates an incident, a knowledge of which may
be of service to smiths in general 1t is a
common impression that when a piece of cast.
steel becomes BURNT by neglect when in the
fire. it is rendered coarse. brittle and useless But
in the instance referred to, piece of cast-steel
came badly burnt, and Was supposed @ I be spoiled
But the workman, without any apparent motive,
tapped the steel lightly while at white heat and
when it had cooled down litlc, he quenchcd il
in water. He. then heated il to only bright red
and hammered it till the red had nearly disappear.
ed, and again quenched it. After repeating this
two or three times, he examined the grain and the
temper, and found il completely restored, and
capable of being wrought into the finest blades.