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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... taken the place of iron . So far , indeed , as concerns rails , in this country at least , it may be said that the puddling furnace bids fair to be ultimately superseded by the converter ; unless at any time the demand for rails shall ...
... taken the place of iron . So far , indeed , as concerns rails , in this country at least , it may be said that the puddling furnace bids fair to be ultimately superseded by the converter ; unless at any time the demand for rails shall ...
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... taken from Tooke's History of Prices : - £ s . d . 7 10 0 per ton . 610 0 7 0 0 " " L 8. d . 1782. 6 0 0 to 1786. 3 0 0 1790 . 3 0 39 1794 . 500 800 " 9 99 1798 . 500 800 99 99 1802 . 5 10 0 99 900 39 1806 . 700 900 99 99 1810. 7 0 1814 ...
... taken from Tooke's History of Prices : - £ s . d . 7 10 0 per ton . 610 0 7 0 0 " " L 8. d . 1782. 6 0 0 to 1786. 3 0 0 1790 . 3 0 39 1794 . 500 800 " 9 99 1798 . 500 800 99 99 1802 . 5 10 0 99 900 39 1806 . 700 900 99 99 1810. 7 0 1814 ...
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... taken the place of hempen ropes ; pipes of iron , instead of wood , conveyed the water required in our towns ; and before long all great centres of population were illuminated by gas , distilled in iron retorts , and led in metal piping ...
... taken the place of hempen ropes ; pipes of iron , instead of wood , conveyed the water required in our towns ; and before long all great centres of population were illuminated by gas , distilled in iron retorts , and led in metal piping ...
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... taken as 100 at least 600 do . 100 150 The question the steel maker has to consider is the extent , if any , of the superiority of malleable iron so obtained over pig iron , for the future stages of his operation . Speaking from such ...
... taken as 100 at least 600 do . 100 150 The question the steel maker has to consider is the extent , if any , of the superiority of malleable iron so obtained over pig iron , for the future stages of his operation . Speaking from such ...
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... must be taken into the account , but they need not be considered at the present moment . 2 Chem . Phen . of Iron Smelting , p . 293 . the 7,992 heat units referred to in the case of 64 SECTION V. - THE BLAST FURNACE .
... must be taken into the account , but they need not be considered at the present moment . 2 Chem . Phen . of Iron Smelting , p . 293 . the 7,992 heat units referred to in the case of 64 SECTION V. - THE BLAST FURNACE .
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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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