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Hat-mak′ers Bat′ter-y.


Hat-making.) A large boiler with a surrounding set of benches for a number of workmen. The water has a small quantity of sulphuric acid to enable the fur to felt more readily.

Hat-makers' battery.

At the battery the conical hat-body and the sheet of fur napping, each previously prepared, are united, so that the latter forms a fur covering to the former. The junction is accomplished by laying the napping on the body, pressing, rubbing, and rolling with a pin. Boiling-hot water is sprinkled over them from time to time, by means of a stopping brush, and when a certain degree of cohesion is obtained the conical hat is ready for shaping.

The effect of the manipulations is to drive the butt-ends of the filaments into the interstices between the fibers of the body (see felt), and it is persevered in no longer than is sufficient to give the nap a good hold on the body.

A wooden tool held in the palm of the workman's hand is the means of rubbing, and is held on by a string. It is called a glove.

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