slit-mill

Updated: July 24, 2025

In a great iron-work, for example, the furnace for melting the ore, the forge, the slit-mill, are instruments of trade which cannot be erected without a very great expense. In coal works, and mines of every kind, the machinery necessary, both for drawing out the water, and for other purposes, is frequently still more expensive.

Adam Smith - An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations