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 40
... equal in weight and more than equal in bulk to the iron itself . Under such circum- stances as those just related , it is needless to say how important it is to rid the process of this foreign matter as speedily as possible . It will be ...
... equal in weight and more than equal in bulk to the iron itself . Under such circum- stances as those just related , it is needless to say how important it is to rid the process of this foreign matter as speedily as possible . It will be ...
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... equal to ( 8,000 2,400 ) or 5,600 calories . - Occasions will arise during the course of these investigations , which will require us to understand the quantity of heat , i.e. the number of heat units , in a given quantity of heated ...
... equal to ( 8,000 2,400 ) or 5,600 calories . - Occasions will arise during the course of these investigations , which will require us to understand the quantity of heat , i.e. the number of heat units , in a given quantity of heated ...
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... equal therefore to 7:17 cwts . of actual lime . Or again , 14 cwts . of limestone sufficed in furnaces only 48 feet high , which would be equivalent to 7.84 cwts . of pure lime . To maintain the cinder however of a similar composition ...
... equal therefore to 7:17 cwts . of actual lime . Or again , 14 cwts . of limestone sufficed in furnaces only 48 feet high , which would be equivalent to 7.84 cwts . of pure lime . To maintain the cinder however of a similar composition ...
Page 62
... equal expedition and cheapness . The consequence of such an arrange- ment is that , in some of our best establishments , for each day's work of the men employed , nearly two tons of pig iron are obtained . It would be difficult ...
... equal expedition and cheapness . The consequence of such an arrange- ment is that , in some of our best establishments , for each day's work of the men employed , nearly two tons of pig iron are obtained . It would be difficult ...
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... equal volumes , the mixture being passed over spongy iron , and over peroxide of iron at a white heat . The metal was oxidized to the condition of protoxide ( FeO ) and the peroxide ( Fe , O ) was found to have lost exactly as much of ...
... equal volumes , the mixture being passed over spongy iron , and over peroxide of iron at a white heat . The metal was oxidized to the condition of protoxide ( FeO ) and the peroxide ( Fe , O ) was found to have lost exactly as much of ...
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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.
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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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