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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... loss by such combustion of carbon , 68 . Combustion of carbon at the tuyeres , 69. Quantity of heat evolved in reducing iron by means of carbon and by means of oxide of carbon , 69. Influence of temperature in reducing iron by carbon ...
... loss by such combustion of carbon , 68 . Combustion of carbon at the tuyeres , 69. Quantity of heat evolved in reducing iron by means of carbon and by means of oxide of carbon , 69. Influence of temperature in reducing iron by carbon ...
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... Loss of heat in applica- tion of fuel , 138. Economy effected by Siemens ' furnace , 139. Heat rendered available in the blast furnace , 140 . Furnace of PAGE . 94 SECTION VIII . ON THE SOLID PRODUCTS of the BLAST FURNACE ... ... 147 ...
... Loss of heat in applica- tion of fuel , 138. Economy effected by Siemens ' furnace , 139. Heat rendered available in the blast furnace , 140 . Furnace of PAGE . 94 SECTION VIII . ON THE SOLID PRODUCTS of the BLAST FURNACE ... ... 147 ...
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... loss due to the arrival of the products of combustion at the chimney long before they have parted with more than a fractional portion of their heat , although they are already cooled to a temperature below that to which it would be ...
... loss due to the arrival of the products of combustion at the chimney long before they have parted with more than a fractional portion of their heat , although they are already cooled to a temperature below that to which it would be ...
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... loss by the gases escaping into the atmosphere at a high temperature is exceedingly great . It will be most suitable to defer considering , with the proper degree of minuteness , the questions raised by the conditions just enumerated ...
... loss by the gases escaping into the atmosphere at a high temperature is exceedingly great . It will be most suitable to defer considering , with the proper degree of minuteness , the questions raised by the conditions just enumerated ...
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... stationary or revolving . The actual quantity of carbon required for the reduction of 32 SECTION III . - DIRECT PROCESSES . Catalan furnace, 30 Loss of heat and of metal by use of Catalan Partial removal of phosphorus in direct processes,
... stationary or revolving . The actual quantity of carbon required for the reduction of 32 SECTION III . - DIRECT PROCESSES . Catalan furnace, 30 Loss of heat and of metal by use of Catalan Partial removal of phosphorus in direct processes,
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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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