AET OF SHOEIKG 



561 



Fig. 232 represents one each of the French, the Scotch, 

 and the English wedge-formed nails, of the large size as 

 used for the heavy draught horses. These three nails are 



Fig. 232. 



pointed, ready to be applied, arid are drawn to show their 

 flat or broad aspect; and secondly, edgewise, to show the 

 comparative thickness of the shank, by which combined ex- 

 position the strength of the shank may be in a measure 

 estimated, that depending (the quality of iron and workman- 

 ship being equal) on the broad even form of the shank from 

 the head to near the point, or the part where the clinch 

 VOL. n. 4 G 



