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... necessary for the work in hand , is the most advan- tageous . Steel or iron which has been overheated may sometimes be restored to utility , in a measure 14 MANUFACTURE OF STEEL . Degrees of Heat 13 Overheating Cast-steel.
... necessary for the work in hand , is the most advan- tageous . Steel or iron which has been overheated may sometimes be restored to utility , in a measure 14 MANUFACTURE OF STEEL . Degrees of Heat 13 Overheating Cast-steel.
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... more readily dis- engaging the sulphur of the coal . For charcoal , a water - trough only is necessary . Forge - fires for large work are generally very low - in some instances , 20 MANUFACTURE OF STEEL . General dimensions.
... more readily dis- engaging the sulphur of the coal . For charcoal , a water - trough only is necessary . Forge - fires for large work are generally very low - in some instances , 20 MANUFACTURE OF STEEL . General dimensions.
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... necessary to bring tools in contact with heated iron , they should be repeatedly cooled , to prevent injury . Tools which may be made of iron , but which are Fig . 11 . A B C до 00 better of steel , or at least faced with steel , are ...
... necessary to bring tools in contact with heated iron , they should be repeatedly cooled , to prevent injury . Tools which may be made of iron , but which are Fig . 11 . A B C до 00 better of steel , or at least faced with steel , are ...
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... necessary , where the oxygen of the blast is consumed , or converted into carbonic acid , or carbo- nic oxide . Open fires , like those of charcoal and anthracite , are not well adapted for heating steel , because a great deal of air ...
... necessary , where the oxygen of the blast is consumed , or converted into carbonic acid , or carbo- nic oxide . Open fires , like those of charcoal and anthracite , are not well adapted for heating steel , because a great deal of air ...
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... necessary to turn the metal constantly in the fire , otherwise the flux will flow to the lowest parts , and finally be lost . A better me- thod than that of sprinkling the sand on the hot iron is to roll the metal in the powdered flux ...
... necessary to turn the metal constantly in the fire , otherwise the flux will flow to the lowest parts , and finally be lost . A better me- thod than that of sprinkling the sand on the hot iron is to roll the metal in the powdered flux ...
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alloy annealing anvil atoms bars Bessemer process Bessemer steel blast blistered steel borax bottom brick brittle cake CAREY BAIRD'S CATALOGUE cast cast-iron cast-steel cement cent charcoal chemical cinder clay coal color combined contain converted cooled crucible Damascus steel decarburization degree of hardness degree of heat fagot feet fire fire-brick flues fluid flux forge-fire forged and welded fracture fuel gases German steel hammer hardened hearth HENRY CAREY HENRY CAREY BAIRD'S impurities inches kind of steel less malleability manganese manufacture of steel Martin process material matter melted metal molten mould natural steel operation oxygen phosphorus pieces pig metal pig-iron pig-metal plates pots pounds powder Practical produced proportion of carbon puddling furnace pure iron quantity refining requires reverberatory furnace scraps shear shear-steel silex silicon soft spiegeleisen Styria sufficient sulphur surface Sweden tempering tenacity thick tilt tuyere uniform welded wood wootz wrought wrought-iron
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