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Small dropped lead shot with visible dimple.
Lead | Object #: 1833500
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This small sized shot was manufactured by a technique invented by Prince Rupert in the seventeenth century. In this process, molten lead fluxed with arsenic is poured over coals in a colander like instrument which in turn is set above a barrel of water which c...
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Small dropped lead shot with visible dimple
Lead | Object #: 1833542
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was produced by the dropping method. In this process, molten lead was dropped from a height into a container of water. The greater the height from which the lead was dropped, the rounder the shot. Various forms of this technique were devel...
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Small dropped lead shot with visible dimple
Lead | Object #: 1833568
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was produced by the dropping method. In this process, molten lead was dropped from a height into a container of water. The greater the height from which the lead was dropped, the rounder the shot. Various forms of this technique were devel...
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