The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 72
... iron of Sweden and Russia , importing from those countries between two and three hundred thousand pounds worth yearly ; and he urged that Great Britain should encourage the making of pig - iron in our American colonies ( where fuel of ...
... iron of Sweden and Russia , importing from those countries between two and three hundred thousand pounds worth yearly ; and he urged that Great Britain should encourage the making of pig - iron in our American colonies ( where fuel of ...
Page 78
... pig - iron required four loads of timber converted into charcoal ; and to make a ton of bar - iron required three more loads of wood . The result was , that the ' voragious iron mills ' shortly swallowed up everything that would burn ...
... pig - iron required four loads of timber converted into charcoal ; and to make a ton of bar - iron required three more loads of wood . The result was , that the ' voragious iron mills ' shortly swallowed up everything that would burn ...
Page 79
... iron . The following is Dr. Percy's account : - As the supply of charcoal was fast failing , Abraham Darby attempted ... pig or cast iron - that is , iron in combination with carbon and silicon . To reduce this to the state of malleable ...
... iron . The following is Dr. Percy's account : - As the supply of charcoal was fast failing , Abraham Darby attempted ... pig or cast iron - that is , iron in combination with carbon and silicon . To reduce this to the state of malleable ...
Page 80
... iron in the form of cinder , ' leaving as the product of the operation malleable or wrought iron . ' This last ... pig - iron into malleable iron in the reverberatory furnace without the addition of anything more than common raw pit ...
... iron in the form of cinder , ' leaving as the product of the operation malleable or wrought iron . ' This last ... pig - iron into malleable iron in the reverberatory furnace without the addition of anything more than common raw pit ...
Page 82
... pig- iron produced in Scotland are made from the Black - band iron- stone . The rapid increase in the iron - trade of Scotland is , however , principally attributable to the invention of the Hot - blast by James Beaumont Neilson , in ...
... pig- iron produced in Scotland are made from the Black - band iron- stone . The rapid increase in the iron - trade of Scotland is , however , principally attributable to the invention of the Hot - blast by James Beaumont Neilson , in ...
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