It was with fear, and tremulously, and, as it were, by a slow, reluctant necessity, that Arthur Dimmesdale put forth his hand, chill as death, and touched the chill hand of Hester Prynne.

From the chemical composition, trace element, inoculation and thermal exchange of metal mold casting, the principle of chill formation and the effective methods for preventing chill were studied.

Both the chill and reverse chill are defects often found in the nodular iron knucle castings.