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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... burnt in the furnace can be substituted by heat in the blast , 91. Saving of coke by raising temperature of air from 1,000 ° F. to 1,700 ° F. , utility of hot blast in small furnaces , 92 . SECTION VII . ON THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF ...
... burnt in the furnace can be substituted by heat in the blast , 91. Saving of coke by raising temperature of air from 1,000 ° F. to 1,700 ° F. , utility of hot blast in small furnaces , 92 . SECTION VII . ON THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF ...
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... burnt with air at a given temperature , 251. Use of superheated air at the Ormesby furnaces , 252. Effect of superheated air on furnaces under 25,000 cubic feet , 255. Use of superheated air in the manu- facture of Bessemer iron , 256 ...
... burnt with air at a given temperature , 251. Use of superheated air at the Ormesby furnaces , 252. Effect of superheated air on furnaces under 25,000 cubic feet , 255. Use of superheated air in the manu- facture of Bessemer iron , 256 ...
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... burnt with air heated to 600 deg . F. ( 315 deg . C. ) , was less than one half of what it was when using the blast at atmospheric temperatures . The utmost surprise was excited among scientific men by these results , the examination of ...
... burnt with air heated to 600 deg . F. ( 315 deg . C. ) , was less than one half of what it was when using the blast at atmospheric temperatures . The utmost surprise was excited among scientific men by these results , the examination of ...
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... burnt with one equivalent , forming carbonic oxide , and as much as 8,000 units when burnt with two equivalents , forming carbonic acid . It is also essential , for the proper understanding of such calculations as those in question , to ...
... burnt with one equivalent , forming carbonic oxide , and as much as 8,000 units when burnt with two equivalents , forming carbonic acid . It is also essential , for the proper understanding of such calculations as those in question , to ...
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... burnt to ventilate the mine and draw the coal and water - duties now entirely performed by the ovens themselves . The manner in which the waste gases are applied for obtaining steam is simple . A boiler is placed on a main flue , into ...
... burnt to ventilate the mine and draw the coal and water - duties now entirely performed by the ovens themselves . The manner in which the waste gases are applied for obtaining steam is simple . A boiler is placed on a main flue , into ...
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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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