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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... mentioned circumstance in all probability paved the way to the construction of the Blauofen , an invention for which we are likewise indebted to the German people . In it the height was some- times as much as 25 feet , by probably 6 ...
... mentioned circumstance in all probability paved the way to the construction of the Blauofen , an invention for which we are likewise indebted to the German people . In it the height was some- times as much as 25 feet , by probably 6 ...
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... mentioned . Down to the end of the sixteenth century , the only combustible employed in iron works was that afforded by the forests of the day ; but the demands upon the resources of the latter became so large that regard for other ...
... mentioned . Down to the end of the sixteenth century , the only combustible employed in iron works was that afforded by the forests of the day ; but the demands upon the resources of the latter became so large that regard for other ...
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... of the 121 furnaces , mentioned as having been in existence at this period , being in blast , the make would have amounted to 125,000 tons for the year . As nearly as can be made out by reference to SECTION II . - HISTORICAL . 15.
... of the 121 furnaces , mentioned as having been in existence at this period , being in blast , the make would have amounted to 125,000 tons for the year . As nearly as can be made out by reference to SECTION II . - HISTORICAL . 15.
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... mentioned dates : - 1788. - 15 tons , using ordinary clay ironstone . 1796. - 20 do . 1806. - 21 do . do . do . do . 1827. - 35 ' do . The subjoined values of English pig iron , for each fourth year , are taken from Tooke's History of ...
... mentioned dates : - 1788. - 15 tons , using ordinary clay ironstone . 1796. - 20 do . 1806. - 21 do . do . do . do . 1827. - 35 ' do . The subjoined values of English pig iron , for each fourth year , are taken from Tooke's History of ...
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... mentioned , considerable difficulty was at first encountered from the corrosive action on the furnace , due to the silicon , which is always found in greater or less quantity in all pig iron . It was , in consequence , found more econo ...
... mentioned , considerable difficulty was at first encountered from the corrosive action on the furnace , due to the silicon , which is always found in greater or less quantity in all pig iron . It was , in consequence , found more econo ...
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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 585 - Britain ;" elsewhere asserting that it would " prove a match for any part of the world in the production of cheap iron.
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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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