Genealogy Australia

The bellfounder's craft is traced from prehistoric China to the present day. Every aspect of the craft is covered; from the mining, smelting and alloying of the metal, through design, ornamentation and casting, to the complicated process of tuning. Early methods of making wrought iron clappers and the leather used to suspend them are explained and the use by medieval moulders of barley straw and spermaceti wax from dolphins is discussed. The book is illustrated with technical diagrams and graphs as well as photographs of the founder's work step by step.