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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... obtained by a process which is almost identical with that witnessed by Grant and Speke in Central Africa . Whatever ... obtain wrought iron , steel , and pig iron . It would , at any rate , be hazardous in the extreme to ground any ...
... obtained by a process which is almost identical with that witnessed by Grant and Speke in Central Africa . Whatever ... obtain wrought iron , steel , and pig iron . It would , at any rate , be hazardous in the extreme to ground any ...
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... obtained by means of either description of furnace ever exceeded two or three tons per week . The German Stückofen ... obtain a constant supply of cast iron ; and there seems no doubt that by means of the Blauofen this was attained in ...
... obtained by means of either description of furnace ever exceeded two or three tons per week . The German Stückofen ... obtain a constant supply of cast iron ; and there seems no doubt that by means of the Blauofen this was attained in ...
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... obtained in the hearths already described . In the work of Agricola , bearing the date of 1556 , there is no allusion to the Blast - furnace ; the only arrangement described for obtaining iron being a kind of Catalan hearth , in which ...
... obtained in the hearths already described . In the work of Agricola , bearing the date of 1556 , there is no allusion to the Blast - furnace ; the only arrangement described for obtaining iron being a kind of Catalan hearth , in which ...
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... obtained from the charcoal furnaces of his time . It is very probable that mechanical science , as it existed in the seventeenth century , although capable of contriving means of blowing a charcoal furnace , was unable readily to devise ...
... obtained from the charcoal furnaces of his time . It is very probable that mechanical science , as it existed in the seventeenth century , although capable of contriving means of blowing a charcoal furnace , was unable readily to devise ...
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... obtained per day in such an apparatus , and at a very low cost for labour , according to the figures I received ... obtaining steel to be hereafter spoken of - to 100 parts of melted pig iron , as much ore as contains 10 to 15 parts of ...
... obtained per day in such an apparatus , and at a very low cost for labour , according to the figures I received ... obtaining steel to be hereafter spoken of - to 100 parts of melted pig iron , as much ore as contains 10 to 15 parts of ...
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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.
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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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