Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . 2: ,_,. Textiles. The First Power Loom. 638 REVOLUTION AND BE ACTION. [1784 the adherinq- shale, calcined, smelted, and rnn into pig. Thepig was then retincd by melting under cinder, with a blastdirected on to the surface. This leaves almost all the carljoncontained in the pig, but nuich reduces silicon, sulphur, man-ganese, and phosphorus. In the final process of puddhng thecarbon is reduced and the iron le
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . 2: ,_,. Textiles. The First Power Loom. 638 REVOLUTION AND BE ACTION. [1784 the adherinq- shale, calcined, smelted, and rnn into pig. Thepig was then retincd by melting under cinder, with a blastdirected on to the surface. This leaves almost all the carljoncontained in the pig, but nuich reduces silicon, sulphur, man-ganese, and phosphorus. In the final process of puddhng thecarbon is reduced and the iron left exceedingly pure. Therefinery was also in use in South Wales at about the samedate, and was generally supposed to have been the inventionof Sanuiel Homfray. In 1791 there were in England seventy-three blast furnaces using coal and making annually 67,548tons, and twelve in Scotland making 12,4(S0 tons. There wereonly tAventy-two charcoal furnaces still in blast. Still there tons of Oregrtind iron imported from Sweden, and .50,000bars and slabs from Russia. By 179() the total number ofblast furnaces had risen to 121 with an average annualmake of 1,000 tons. From 1740 to 1783, t
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