--- title: How You Can Save Fuel in the Foundry - Ten Rules for the Foundry Man url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-save-fuel-in-the-foundry-ten-rules-one-tank-or-spitfire-1942/ description: A text-only sheet lists ten rules for foundry workers under four headings (furnace, metal, coke, foundry), then states that the saving from 20 80 lb. section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. How You Can Save Fuel in the Foundry - Ten Rules for the Foundry Man [![How You Can Save Fuel in the Foundry - Ten Rules for the Foundry Man, 1942 UK poster: A text-only sheet lists ten rules](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-save-fuel-in-the-foundry-ten-rules-one-tank-or-spitfire-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-save-fuel-in-the-foundry-ten-rules-one-tank-or-spitfire-1942.jpg) # How You Can Save Fuel in the Foundry - Ten Rules for the Foundry Man A text-only sheet lists ten rules for foundry workers under four headings (furnace, metal, coke, foundry), then states that the saving from 20 80 lb. furnaces in a year 'will release enough coal to make one tank or one Spitfire'. The tank and Spitfire figure and the slogan 'Save fuel for battle!' attach routine economy to weapons output, which is the transfer tell; the quantity is the poster's own claim and is not verified here. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) ## Text on the object Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` HOW YOU CAN SAVE FUEL IN THE FOUNDRY TEN RULES FOR THE FOUNDRY MAN A THE FURNACE 1 Keep the flue clean. 2 Keep the cover airtight on the furnace. 3 Use the right size pots and keep them clean. B THE METAL 4 Melt as fast as possible. 5 Don't stew the metal. Put the empty pot back while still hot. Add the metal in time to be only just ready for pouring by the time the moulds are ready. C THE COKE 6 Use a single charge of coke for each heat. When the pot is taken out you should see the fire bars here and there through the hot coke. 7 Keep the coke heap tidy, and don't break the coke more than you can help. 8 Use smalls and slack from the coke heap and from the riddled ashes for the core stove or the boiler. D THE FOUNDRY 9 Keep the foundry neat and tidy. 10 Turn off lights, fans, gas and water when not in use. Be ready always to make or receive suggestions for saving fuel. REMEMBER, THE SAVING WE OUGHT TO MAKE FROM 20 80 LB. FURNACES IN A YEAR WILL RELEASE ENOUGH COAL TO MAKE ONE TANK OR ONE SPITFIRE SAVE FUEL FOR BATTLE! Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Wm. Brown & Co., Ltd., London, E.C.3.-51-4510 ``` [← For You to Produce Cold Someone Must Burn Fuel - Save Fuel for Battle!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-produce-cold-someone-must-burn-fuel-1942/) [Save Fuel to Speed Victory (Battle for Fuel) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-save-fuel-to-speed-victory-1942/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Fragments of the Abydos king list from Ramesses II's temple, in the British Museum: rows of royal cartouches](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/abydos-king-list-ramesses-ii-temple-british-museum/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer) - [Clay cylinder with the Ehulhul inscription of Nabonidus, king of Babylon, describing work on three temples](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cylinder-nabonidus-ehulhul-inscription-555bce/) (Neo Babylonian Empire · 0000 · Transfer) - [Seated limestone statue of Hatshepsut as king, with feminine royal titles on the throne, reassembled from fragments broken up at Deir el-Bahri](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hatshepsut-seated-statue-limestone-met-1458bce/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Transfer, Testimonial) - [Glazed-brick panel with a striding lion, from Babylon (reign of Nebuchadnezzar II)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ishtar-gate-panel-striding-lion-nebuchadnezzar-ii-604bce/) (Neo Babylonian Empire · 0000 · Transfer) - [Limestone relief block of Ramesses II wearing the White Crown, a jubilee relief from his temple at Herakleopolis](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/jubilee-relief-ramesses-ii-herakleopolis-met-05-4-256/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Transfer) - [Line drawing of the Great Kadesh battle relief on the walls of the Ramesseum, from Breasted's History of Egypt](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kadesh-relief-ramesseum-breasted-drawing-1275bce/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer). 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