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The Try-Works

           Itwasinthelefthandtry-potofthePequod,withthesoapstonediligentlycirclingroundme,thatIwasfirstindirectlystruckbytheremarkablefact,thatingeometryallbodiesglidingalongthecycloid,mysoapstoneforexample,willdescendfromanypointinpreciselythesametime.

           Removingthefire-boardfromthefrontofthetry-works,thebaremasonryofthatsideisexposed,penetratedbythetwoironmouthsofthefurnaces,directlyunderneaththepots.Thesemouthsarefittedwithheavydoorsofiron.Theintenseheatofthefireispreventedfromcommunicatingitselftothedeck,bymeansofashallowreservoirextendingundertheentireinclosedsurfaceoftheworks.Byatunnelinsertedattherear,thisreservoiriskeptreplenishedwithwaterasfastasitevaporates.Therearenoexternalchimneys;theyopendirectfromtherearwall.Andhereletusgobackforamoment.

           Itwasaboutnineo’clockatnightthatthePequod’stry-workswerefirststartedonthispresentvoyage.ItbelongedtoStubbtooverseethebusiness.

           "Allreadythere?Offhatch,then,andstarther.Youcook,firetheworks."Thiswasaneasything,forthecarpenterhadbeenthrustinghisshavingsintothefurnacethroughoutthepassage.Herebeitsaidinawhalingvoyagethefirstfireinthetry-workshastobefedforatimewithwood.Afterthatnowoodisused,exceptasameansofquickignitiontothestaplefuel.Inaword,afterbeingtriedout,thecrisp,shrivelledblubber,nowcalledscrapsorfritters,stillcontainsconsiderableofitsunctuousproperties.

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