This section is from the book "The Tinman's Manual And Builder's And Mechanic's Handbook", by Isaac Ridler Butt. Also available from Amazon: The Tinman's Manual And Builder's And Mechanic's Handbook.
Before putting on the tires fill the felloes with linseed oil, which is done by beating the oil in a trough to a boiling heat, and keeping the wheel, with a stick through the hub, in the oil, for an hour The wheel is turned round until every felloe is Kept in the oil one hour.
 
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