"Steel plate" Quotes from Famous Books
... into the "pickle," and was now subjected to another severe hammering, after which it was drawn, by means of a gigantic pair of tongs fixed to the windlass of a bench by a long leather strap through graduated holes in a strong steel plate. Next, it was branded, by means of certain steel punches, with the goldsmith's private marks, and afterwards it was bent with pliers into a circle, and its clear-cut ends were soldered together ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Tale of Timber Town • Alfred Grace |