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... according to the statements of Mr. Bell . At present , the consumption in the enlarged furnaces is reduced to 1.125 22 221 / cwt . , the blast being heated to 400 to 500 degrees Centigrade : but it is quite certain that there is no ...
... according to the statements of Mr. Bell . At present , the consumption in the enlarged furnaces is reduced to 1.125 22 221 / cwt . , the blast being heated to 400 to 500 degrees Centigrade : but it is quite certain that there is no ...
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... according to the portion of the furnace we examine . In general , the oxide of carbon ( CO ) is transformed into CO2 , which escapes as such by the furnace top without other reaction . In other positions , the CO2 thus produced becomes ...
... according to the portion of the furnace we examine . In general , the oxide of carbon ( CO ) is transformed into CO2 , which escapes as such by the furnace top without other reaction . In other positions , the CO2 thus produced becomes ...
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... According as the one or the other mode of reduction has the greater share in the final result , the pro- portion of CO or CO2 in the gases taken at the furnace - top is the greater . But it is easy to show that these three modes of ...
... According as the one or the other mode of reduction has the greater share in the final result , the pro- portion of CO or CO2 in the gases taken at the furnace - top is the greater . But it is easy to show that these three modes of ...
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... according to the section and dimensions of the furnaces : - 0-3 of the total carbon under the form of CO2 + 0.7 66 66 CO * See , for announcement of this fundamental law , section xxxiv . of Mr. Bell's work . + Abstraction is made here ...
... according to the section and dimensions of the furnaces : - 0-3 of the total carbon under the form of CO2 + 0.7 66 66 CO * See , for announcement of this fundamental law , section xxxiv . of Mr. Bell's work . + Abstraction is made here ...
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... according to the richness of the ores and their qual- ity , the nature and purity of the fuel , the proportion of flux employed , the number of the pig - iron yielded , etc. etc. But in any given ironwork , or in a given district , this ...
... according to the richness of the ores and their qual- ity , the nature and purity of the fuel , the proportion of flux employed , the number of the pig - iron yielded , etc. etc. But in any given ironwork , or in a given district , this ...
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acid analysis Bell's blast furnace calcined calculate caloric absorbed caloric carried caloric developed Caloric due caloric of combustion caloric produced cals carbon burned carbonic oxide charges chemical Cleveland CO² coke consumed composition Consett cubic feet capacity decomposition determine difference dissociation dry air Ebelmen economy elements Engineer escaping gases experiments flux formulas furnaces of Cleveland fusion of slags given gives Gruner hence hot blast Illustrated increase Iron and Steel iron yielded large furnace less lime limestone metallic iron Metallurgy nitrogen oxide of iron oxygen peroxide pig yielded pig-iron Pouzin Practical proportion pyrometer quantities of caloric ratio reaction Schinz sensible heat silicium slags small furnace solid carbon specific heat Steel Institute superheated superheated blast Tables takes place temperature of blast tion tons Total carbon transformed Treatise tube tunnel-head twyres upper regions volume weight of blast Weight of dry Weight of moist zone of reduction
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