shell-case

Updated: May 25, 2025

On his desk, neatly machined, was the first tentative shell-case made in the mill machine-shop, an experiment rather than a realization. Hutchinson, the general manager, was not alone. Opposite him, very neatly dressed in his best clothes, his hat in his hand and a set expression on his face, was one of the boss rollers of the steel mill, Herman Klein.

Mary Roberts Rinehart - Dangerous Days