Principles of the Manufacture of Iron and Steel: With Some Notes on the Economic Conditions of Their ProductionG. Routledge, 1884 - 744 pages |
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Page 30
... according to Dr. Percy , 1 in the operation as pursued in Asia , the structure costs under ten shillings , and the furnacemen are satisfied with three half - pence per diem . Even at this miserable rate of wages , the cost of labour on ...
... according to Dr. Percy , 1 in the operation as pursued in Asia , the structure costs under ten shillings , and the furnacemen are satisfied with three half - pence per diem . Even at this miserable rate of wages , the cost of labour on ...
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... according to the figures I received ; but nevertheless , I am mistaken if it was not higher than that paid in England at the smelting furnace and Bessemer converter put together . The inducement to revive this modification of the Chenot ...
... according to the figures I received ; but nevertheless , I am mistaken if it was not higher than that paid in England at the smelting furnace and Bessemer converter put together . The inducement to revive this modification of the Chenot ...
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... According to his own estimate the cases will cost 23s . 5d . per ton of iron obtained ; which cannot fail to prove a serious obstacle to the introduction of the system recommended by this gentleman . In all the trials hitherto spoken of ...
... According to his own estimate the cases will cost 23s . 5d . per ton of iron obtained ; which cannot fail to prove a serious obstacle to the introduction of the system recommended by this gentleman . In all the trials hitherto spoken of ...
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... according to the weights given by Professor Tunner . A large area of ground would necessarily be occupied ; and the materials having to be distributed in small quan- tities at various points over its entire surface , such labour ...
... according to the weights given by Professor Tunner . A large area of ground would necessarily be occupied ; and the materials having to be distributed in small quan- tities at various points over its entire surface , such labour ...
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... according to the authority already quoted , no less than 4 tons were being consumed per ton of hammered iron ob- tained ; but for the purpose of comparing its cost with that of pig iron we will accept the weight named by Mr. Rose , the ...
... according to the authority already quoted , no less than 4 tons were being consumed per ton of hammered iron ob- tained ; but for the purpose of comparing its cost with that of pig iron we will accept the weight named by Mr. Rose , the ...
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20 units actual amount anthracite average Belgium Bessemer blast furnace Britain burnt calcined calories carbon as carbonic carbonic acid cent charcoal charge cinder Clarence Cleveland CO₂ coke collieries combustion compared composition considerable consumed consumption contained converter cost cubic feet cwts district Durham earnings employed England escaping gases estimated experience favour figures fixed carbon forge fuel Germany given hearth heat evolved hematite hot blast hydrogen increase Iron and Steel iron trade ironstone labour less lime limestone loss malleable iron manganese manufacture materials matter metallic iron metalloids Middlesbrough mineral mines nitrogen obtained oxide of iron oxygen paid phosphorus pig iron present produced puddling furnace quantity of carbon railway rates raw coal reduced referred silica silicon slag smelting steel rails Sulphur temperature tons Total tuyeres unit of carbon unit of coke United Kingdom units of iron wages weight
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Page 39 - A personal and apparently immaterial event produced a revolution of public feeling, for which it would be difficult to find a parallel in the history of English politics.
Page 381 - It is only within the last quarter of a century, that we have...
Page 585 - Britain ;" elsewhere asserting that it would " prove a match for any part of the world in the production of cheap iron.
Page 300 - Birkinbine, editor of the Journal of the United States Association of Charcoal Iron Workers.
Page 489 - So far as my own observation goes, I should say that the...
Page 478 - ... were sugar, salt, coals, candles, soap, shoes, stockings, and generally all articles of clothing and all articles of bedding. It may be added, that the old coats and blankets would have been, not only more costly, but less serviceable than the modern fabrics.
Page 315 - Fuller's earth to the extent of 5 per cent of the weight of the tallow is added and the whole mass agitated about thirty minutes.
Page 478 - Second, was fifty shillings. Bread therefore, such as is now given to the inmates of a workhouse, was then seldom seen, even on the trencher of a yeoman or of a shopkeeper. The great majority of the nation lived almost entirely on rye, barley, and oats.
Page 390 - The nature of the gases evolved during the blowing of a charge of Bessemer steel has recently been investigated by Mr. GJ Snelus, who has given the following tabular statement of the composition of the gas at different periods of a blow lasting eighteen minutes. I.
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