Birmingham wire gauge for gold and silver, [i, 387].

Bit, half round, [i, 281].

Bits for wood working, [ii, 342].

Blacksmith’s anvils, [ii, 230].
drilling levers, [i, 456].
fire, side blast for, [ii, 228].
forges, [ii, 228], [229].
swages, [ii, 230], [231].
temper, [ii, 460].
tools, [ii, 229], [230].
work, swaging, [ii, 232].

Blade, form of, necessary to produce a given shape of moulding, [ii, 77].

Block planes, [ii, 269].

Blocks for filing pins, [ii, 104].
pillow for shafting, [ii, 194].
or pillar, patterns for, [ii, 277].
swage, [ii, 232].

Blotting paper, oil test, [ii, 154].

Blowing down boilers, [ii, 370].

Blows upon plates, effects of, [ii, 69].