F-OR 
pay ieee a fevages are ‘employed. They confift of two 
with fteel, and. hardened, one. lying 
va ae at or ales into a shane: in is pape and. 
the-other held-in the hand, by ap azel 
of of 
ftick twifted round: ‘it. In the hee of ech a Pele fwages a 
hi 
whic or wag 
is a a legment of a cylinder. The hody to cs ae being laid 
e lower one, the upper {wage i is placed upon it, on 
eat fill ma kes it fofter.. Indeed iron is 
Bee te heat, in order that its parts, 
which are frequently: loofe eh unconneéted, may be made 
found. 
Copper may be Ss into ay fhape, but will not bear 
more than a red heat, and of courfe requires to be heated 
often. The faces of large boilers are frequently made by 
a large forge hammer worked by machinery. The bolts of 
copper ufed for thips, and other purpofes, are’ moftly made 
by the - hamme- . Silver, gold, and ie will alfo admit 
aena the former metal, filver 
The he 
although vod malleable ee are will ae ies the ham- 
er when 
FOR GE is salfo ian for a large farnace wherein iron ore, 
taken out of the mine, is melte 
-But this is not fo properly eae a oe ge as oF a : 
which fee 
orGE is more properly ufed for another kind ae furnace 
wherein the iron ore, melted down and feparated ina former 
and. fufed over again, an 
aes and thus rendered more foft, 
fit for 1 
Of thele setae cat are two kinds, which the iron fuc- 
any paffes th before it comes to the fmith. 
The oe is called “ dt -y, where the pigs are worked 
i and p r or the fecond, which 
called the ie "Ys a a is farther wrought into bars ft 
fe. 
Mici. 
r Plying-forge, means fuch an arrange: 
al implements and materials, neceflary for 
the eltablifhment of a {mith’s forge, — a oo or wag- 
gon, as may qualify it to accompany an army during a cam- 
paign, with eed owe reece as the pater ae apper- 
ae be in 
pure, duéiite, and 
of be 
all within a frame of iron Bee ‘a ae ide and prea 
with we folder, fo as to be firm vent Jatent 
{par arks from fetting fire ne the machine or a its contents. 
“Lhe iilioid fhouldlet down to a level wt) the bottom 
MOR: 
of the cart, arid be fulpended i in that direCtion by wae Ss 
a 
yards or downw 
and ‘bellows © aie to be ‘divide d into comp 
s for the reception of fuel, ( a fence 
cient for inmediate fervice, and for the affortment o 
Prof. 
nails, 
“fg bees cgueeeiate repair may Pe fitted aca ie 
{malleft d 
Every ee i carry oS nts fufficient to employ 
forty men ; of w whom two fhould be fire-men, fix fledge-men, 
ten light  Rosbarnarat two aa and ante, and the 
refidue, file-men, or workers ou cold metal. If the appa- 
ratus be on din ne ee bat can contain ae double 
bate AA  ferew, eral 
projeGing tranfoms, and ren to the naves of the ve 
of which the iron tires become ufeful for light hammer. 
he total weight of a forge- “waggons exchufive of. 
its contents, fhould never exceed 15 Io our arfenals 
they are made even lighter, their average being 13 cwt.. 
2 qrs. 14 Ibs. _ Being rated with what are called « Park, 
carriages,”’ 
ORGE for red- se balls, is a place where the balls are 
made r t befor 
the grou 
ick-work, and an iron grate, oi which ae Tails 
are. laid pee a es ge fire under them 
ER of falfe deeds, tignifies either him that - audu-, 
jenily rakes and publifhes falle w 
writings, to t ejudice 
of any man’s right, or eel the writ that lies ut him 
who. commits this offenc 
Fitz. Nat. Br. fol. 63. 'B. fa ays, that a writ of deccit lies 
againtt him ae commits this offence 
it is declared in ae flat. 5 Eliz. ca 14. 
RGE n Law, may be deficed (at common law) 
the fraudulent - ae or ‘alteration of a writing to the 
pr — another man’s right 3 andit isan offence which. 
was punifhed by the civil law with - aaa or banifh- 
ent, a (omic aes with death ; and by ommon lav - 
ne offends fine, im eeacat. and illor rye, 
fo, by.a variety of bape: a more fevere punifhment is 
infli& n many particular cafes, which are 
fo oa of ne as almoft to.become general. The 
principal soar are as follow 
By ftatu e 5 Eliz. c. 14, to for e r make, pr know- 
ingly to publith or give in evidence, ve "fore ed ae oe 
roll, or will, oh intent to affe& the right of re 
and the penalty of 
and 
of his ica @ nd b 
gery relating obliga- 
tion, acquittal, releafe, or difchar ge of any debt ae demand 
of any perfonal pe Ae fame forfeiture is given to the 
party lees and on the oe sane is eae on pillory, 
lofs of one of . a year’ ment; the 
fecond offence in both es being ea Sed tenia of 
clergy . 
Hefides this general a&t, a multitude of others, Gace ie 
revolution (when paper credit was firlt eflablifhed) bave in~ 
: 7 flicted 
